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WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearbl fresh Virginia, IS: Wes
Virginia and southwest Virginia, 171aa1S
BUTTER-Elgin fancy, per h., 36a39
western firsts. 34a35; seconds. 33a34
store packed. 1Sa20
CHEESE-New York state factory. new,
49,
POCLTRY-Hens. per H., 16a161z; roost
ers. per h.. 10; turkeys. 16a1S; winter
chickens. 25a2S: springers. h., 3Oa33
ducks per h.. 16a1S.
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens. choice.
per h.. 17a1S; turkeys. per h., 1Sa19
ducks. 17a1S.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples, box, 1OOa2. 90
Dbl, 3.OOa4.5O; Florida oranges, 2.5Oa5OO
oranges. California, box. l.75a4.OO: grape.
fruit. per box, 2.25a3.75; pineapples, 9. 75a
$50; strawberries, per qt., Sa14.
HAY AND STRAW-Hay. western, No
1.1sa175O; No. .. 15a15.50; mixed hay
s.0oal5oo; straw. rye. ton, 17.5oals.Oo
wheat. per ton. s7Ooa7 so: straw. oat. pc,
ton. ..00a7.5O.
vEGETABLES-Potat No. 1. Del
bu., 50a7O: per bbl, 1.2oal.5O: No. 2. pei
bbl., 7oa1.OO; new, per bbl.. 4.o0a5.OO
sweet. per bbl.. Sooa4Oo; yams per bbl
cauiiflower, per basket, L.Oao. so: cab.
bage per crate. Looa2.OO; kale, per Dbl.
75a1 90; lettuce. per basket. 75a2.5 string
beans, Florida. per basket. 2.25a45O
beets, per 100 punches. 3.OOa5.OO; toma-
toes. per crate. 2.1Oa35O: celery, pei
doz, 1.OOa1.50; eggplant. per crate
l.5Oa3OO: celery. per crate. 2OOa4OO
peppers. 1.75a40O per crate; Flori
da white squash. 1.5Oa2.O0 per crate
parsley Florida. per basket. Local. 10
asparagus. per doz., l.75a3.5O; lima beans
per basket, 3.50a4.O0; cucumbers. per
basket l.5Oa5.OO; green peas, per basket
1.OOa3 90.
LIVE STOCk-Sheep. per lb. 4a5,s
lambs, per h., 7aS; spring, per h., 1OaI1
calves, choice. per h., 1Oa1Oa; medium
per h., 9a1o
WOOL AND HIDES-Wooi. washed.
free of burrs, per h., 10a1OLz: wool, un-
washed. per h., 10; hides. dry, per h.
16a1S; green. per h.. IL; salt hides, dry
lb.. IS; green. per h.. II; calfskins. green
each. l.25aJ.75.
GRAIN-Wheat. per bu.. S5al.a5: corn.
shelled. per bu., g.; ear. per bbl.. 3OOa
800
SEEDS-Clover. red 13.O0a1325; clover
alsike. 13.25a14.OO; timothy. 2.0Oa2.25: blue
grass. .50s2.O0: orchard grass. LISA I'll
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GOES TO JUNK HEAP
Noted Frigate, With Civil War His.
tory, to Be Broken Up.

An old warship which many officers Of
the navy VIII remember both with pleas
ure and regret. the old frigate Ssntee is
10 end her days in the junk pile She
Is now at Baltimore being made ready
TO be taken up the coast to Boston where
those who recently purchased her from
the naval authorities will wreck her for
the metal that is in her old wooden
hull.
The old frigate after many years OF
service, in which she carried the flag to
all parts OF the world and took active
part In the civil war. was sent to the
Naval Academy and for a time was used
as training ship for the midshipmen.
Later she was used as punishment ship
and omcers prominent now in Uncle
sam service have done time aboard her
for infraction of the rules of the Naval
Academy.
About two years ago. while lying at her
moorings at Annapolis. the vessel sprang
leak and sank in the dock She was
sold as she lay to junkers, who raised
her and are having her put in condition
for her last voyage.
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New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, April 26.-The statement
OF the actual condition OF clearing
house banks and trust companies for the
week shows that they hold SIS, AS. 700
This is a decrease Of $3,940, $50 from last
week.
The statement follows:
ACTUAL CONDITION.
Loans. 8. 93s. 797 600: increase. $39.17A.-
600.
Specie, 1895 Oee, 600: increase. sits, 600
Legal tenders. $s1. 99s. 600: increase. ST.
Net deposits. s1.7ss. ses, 900: increase.
Circulation. s4s.sa5 900: increase, s1ae.
0OO
Banks cash reserve in vault. sa47, $40
Trust companies cash sererve in vault,
so. $4,000
Aggregate cash reserve, $41S,OS7. OOO
Excess lawful reserve, SIS. 145, 700; de-
crease. So, $40, $50.
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying - per cent cash
reserve. $57OO3. 900.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in greater New York. not in.
cluded in clearing house statement:
Loans. 1856 OBJ, 800; decrease. s., 5e5, 600
Specie, $64, 727, 500: decrease. S1,7O0
Legal tenders. IS. 1884, 800: increase $50.
800.
Total deposits $685.. a47. 600: increase, 50,
$40. 700
Money on call nominal; no loans. Time
loans easy; sixty and ninety days, pei
cent: six months. AZ per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 511a6 per cent
sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at 1880 70,
sixty-day bills. and at 1865 for de-
mand. Commercial bills. 1891. Bar sill.
yer. COS. Mexican dollars. AZ. Govern.
ment bonds steady. Railroad bonds
heavy.
The Financier says this week:
Special bond and securities financing
as well as borrowing on commercial &C
count increased the loans Of the New
York clearing house banks to the exten
of S39. 174,OOO for the week ending Apri
%. This heavy expansion in loan com
mitments brought about a corresponding
increase OF about the same amount in ne
deposits and increased reserve require
ments by over nine million dollars. TIL,
ERECT of the gain in cash. amounting t
S4,Ols.OOO. as a result of the movement
from the interior. was not nearly suffi
clent to overcome the larger reserve re
quirement. and as a result the banks re
ported decrease of S.94O.l5O in casf
reserve, the present surplus above tn,
% per cent minimum standing at So. AS.
TOO. These figures are based on the re
port OF actual conditions at the end OF
the week. The statement compiled &C
cOrding to the system of daily average.
did not show changes quite as large, tn.
surplus reserve in the average state
ment standing at SIC. 435, 800 The trust
companies. in their statement. made in
dependently of the clearing house, report
ed an increase in loans of $6.O6S, 600.
gain in cash of nearly 21a million dol
lars and an increase in deposits of 1Ss,
millions Of dollars. A seasonable move
ment of gold to Canada set in during
the week as a result of the opening OF
navigation, and the outward movement
nj G fad ho h.
Pacific coast will soon be drawing golt
from this center. No important develop
ments in the money market are antici
pated in the immediate future.
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LONDON STOCK MARKET
Rules Somewhat Irregular
During Week, With Intermit-
tent Periods of Activity.

LONDON, April 26-The stock market
ruled somewhat irregular during the
week, with intermittent periods of activity
and a steady hardening tendency at the
closing. Beyond feeling of relief over
the absence Of fresh taxation the budget
passed unnoticed, but the fall of Scutari
raised fears of complications among the
powers and caused a shrinkage In bust
ness and a general setback in prices, es-
pecially in the foreign and speculative
sections. The weakness. however was
only temporary. Belief in the peaceful
settlement of the difficulty was respon-
sible for a weekend recovery in which
both Berlin and Paris supported their ia
vorites and consols gained a fraction.
New loans come on apace and distract
attention from other gilt-edged securi-
ties. During the week the new offerings
totaled $50, 10000. while a Brazilian loan
of $50, 100000 is being underwritten and
the 1925 100000 Chinese loan contract is
expected to be signed TODAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

NEW ORLEANS, La, April % The
price of cotton fell to new low levels for
the week and season in the trading of
the short Saturday session Heavy offer
ings came from strong bear interests, but
the decline was held within moderate
limits because of a wave of profit taking
on the part of smaller shorts who, In
spite of the promise of favorable weather
In the cotton region over Sunday, were
anxious to even up and secure pronts
over the week end. Considerable liQuida-
tion of the long account was In evidence
at times, this being stimulated by con-
fiicting reports regarding the old crop
positions and evidence that they were
being manipulated In dangerous way
for the small trader.
On the opening the tone was steady and
prices were 8 to 8 points up. First prices
were about the highest of the
morning. At the lowest of the morning
the trading months were to ) points
under the late quotations of Yesterday
The close was steady at a net loss of l
to points.
Spot quiet unchanged; middling II 5-16.
Sales on the spot. 30 bales: to arrive.
112O: April, 11.9S; May. 1910: July. 11.90;
August. 11.55; September. IL 50; October.
Ills: December, Ills.
The cotton market was under pressure
from the bear side from start to finish
this week The high prices We're made
the highest the trading months were 8
to 10 points over the close Of last week,
at the lowest they were 10 to q points
under. The range was "a to % points
The close was at a net loss of Ii to IS
points. Bears were encouraged by the
good crop reports that came from the
larger part Of the belt. The news from
the interior had its unfavorabe fea-
lures, but they We're not generally
thought to be of great Importance. Early
in the week Texas was complaining
lieved by rains later in the week. From
the middle of the week on temperatures
were too low for this time of the year and
some injury was reported among fields
OF young cotton in consequence, but the
majority of trade seemed to think that
the damage done was not material.
At all times shorts were profit takers
on rather a large scale. and this buying
of covers to realize gave the market sup
port, which probably kept it from going
lower than it did. Little buying for long
account was in evidence at any time,
while some little liquidation Of the long
interest was accomplished. Friday was
first notice day for May in this market.
and considerable selling followed the put
ting out of notices for 200 bales. These
notices were promptly stopped, but they
had a sentimental effect on the market,
nevertheless.
In the spot department prices lost u
of cent, middling closing at II 5-16..
against IL 7-16 last week and IFS this
week last year. Sales on the spot amount
ed to 1,64O bales, against .. 142 last
week and 3.43O this week last year. Sales
/ ,525 last week and 1,975 this week last
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new YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. April 26.-Flour-Quiet
CornmealQuiet. Rye nour-Steady. Rye
Steady. Barley-Steady
Wheat-Spot easy: No red nominal
No. I northern Duluth. 1.O2ia f o. b. afioat
Wheat futures easier In response TO Eng
lish cables and bearish domestic crop
news May. LOOK: July. 994.: September,
9Sst: bonded wheat. May, 1OS4; July,
1.O3-
corn-spot easy; export. eoI4 T. o. b.
aioat.
Oats-Spot steady. Hay-Quiet Hops
Steady. Hides-Steady. Leather-Firm
Pork-Steady. Realistically Cut meats
Dull. Lard-Weak; middle west, IL GOA
lilo; refined easy; continent. 1ls0,
compound steady.
Tallow-Quiet. Cottonseed oil-Easy;
prime summer yellow. 6.95a1.2 y. May.
6.93. July. 6.96. September. T.O2
Petroleum-Steady. Wool-Steady Tur-
pentfne-Quiet. Rosin-Quiet. Rice
Steady. Enthusiastically.
Raw susar-Quiet. muscovado. 2S6a
go: centrifugal. 3.36a3 80; molasses. PSI
a264: refined quiet
Peanuts freights. potatoes and cab
bages steady. unchanged
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COFFEE FUTURES.

NEW YORK, April 26-Coffee futures
opened steady at an advance of ) 10 10
points in response to firm European ca
bies. Trading was quiet but offerings
were comparatively limited and prices
worked up another or points on re-
ports of steadier spots. covering b. near
month shorts and a little trade buying
& to 10 points. Sales. 1850 bags: Nav.
1LO7: July, 11.23: September, 1I43: De
cember, 1l.44; January. ll.46: March,
11-4S-
Spot coffee steady: Rio IS. 119s: Santos
A. 1875 Mild coffee quiet; Cordova l4isa
171a nominal. Havre. q to / franc higher:
Hamburg, q pfennig higher; Rio IS refs
lower, at 6S526: Santos unchanged. Rio
exchange on London. 1-32d lower. at
10 Sled Brazilian port receipts 5000
bags. against 200 last year. Jundiahy
receipts. 1000 bags. against 5000 last
year.
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the last decade. There are three or four
big houses of this class whose resources
are greater than those enjoyed by the:
Morgan banking concern at the height
of its power. Every once in q while one
OF these institutions about which little
was known by the public developed re-
sources that had never been suspected.
Not SO very long ago Fritz HeinSe invad-
ed Wall street and at a critical time i'm
his career enlisted the cooperation.
Of a private banking house having
supposed Berlin connections of i'm
portance. MT. Heinze was offensive
to a group Of very large-sized capitalists.
and they got after stocks in which this
banking concern was known to be inter
ested and tried to shake IL loose from
uninitiated 1t looked as though the drive
against the banking house might be sue.
cessful. One morning when the situation,
was blacklist and there was loud talk OF
the approaching downfall OF the banking
house word was passed around through
authorized news channels that the Berlin
partner had placed $3O.Oo0,,o0 to the,
credit of the institution. There are sew
eral other quite-going houses believed to-
be able to command resources up to $780,
O00,0O0 without turning a hair or melting
q feather.
Losses by the Floods. !"
The Baltimore and Ohio was the first
of the big railroad systems to come TO the
front with ofiicial announcement of the
amount OF its losses on account of the,
recent flood, the figure being approx
mateiy 100000. On top OF that refer
ence was made to a previous cash loss OF
81 100000 due to a tunnel cave-in last
summer. Both OF these losses come with.
In the current fiscal year and will be
paid out of income and still leave enough,
to meet the per cent dividend-plus
about IL per cent for the safety" ac-
count. Baltimore and Ohio will take up
$JO.OO0.O00 in three-year notes, which fall
due on the LIST of June, payment being
made from the proceeds of the recent
s63. 100000 convertible bond issue. The
transaction will leave in the treasury
about 100000 from the sale OF bonds
and will restore to the treasury free and
unincumbered $75. 100000 OF gilt-edged ser
curities which were up as collateral be-
hind the $5O,O00.000 notes. With this mass
of free and unincumbered securities at
hand. Baltimore and Ohio will be In a
comfortable position TO do any financing
ii may find necessary later on. In that
respect IL is In better shape than any Of
the other great trunk lines.
The affairs Of the New Haven road are
apparently approaching a climax. The
stock has been under pressure for SEX
eral weeks and suffered a ten-point
break in the course Of a few days. The
break from 40 to the low figures OF this
week mark a shrinkage of more than $50.
a share. The cutting of dividend to,
per cent or q per cent will be a sad
blow to the 1000 New England stock
holders who have looked on New Haven
as sound as the government.
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AGAINST DELAYED ACTION.
Dissolution of Railroads Later Than
July / Opposed by NcReynolds.

Attorney General McReynolds YESTERDAY
told the Supreme Court that an extension
Of time to July for dissolvinE the Union
Pacinc-southern Pacific merger might be
greatly to the public interest. but he
''emphatically" opposed an extension be-
yond that date or the granting OF dis
cretionary power to the lower court TO
extend the time.
The Attorney Generals position was
stated in a brief in reply to the request OF
the Union Pacfo attorneys for modinca-
ton OF the mandate 30 as 20 authorize
the lower court to extend the time for
submission OF O plan Of dissolution.
The Attorney General expressed no
opinion on whether the Supreme Court
had Jurisdiction to grant the extension.
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UNLAWFUL ACTS CHARGED.
William D. Haywood and I. w. w
Leaders Under Indictment.

PATERSON. y. j.. April 26.-Indict-
ments against William D. Haywood and
four other members of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. who have taken
an active leadership in the silk mill strike
here. were filed in the county court late
yesterday.
HAYWOOD is accused Of disorderIy con-
duct, and Adolph Lessig, a local leader,
OF unlawful assemblage. Miss Elizabeth
Gurley Flynn. Carlo Trescka and Patrick
Quinlan are charged with melting to riot.
The indictments are the result Of grand
jury investigation Of the disturbances
that have attended the strike, now in it's
ninth week. and involving nearly $4,000
workers.
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ON WAY TO BALTIMORE.
Coast and Geodetic Steamers Seized
uled for Repairs.

After spending several days in an un-
successful endeavor to locate an I'M
charted shoal in the vicinity Of Cape
Lookout. reported by passing vessel,
which is said to have touched on it, the
coast and geodetic survey service steam
ers Endeavor and photographer return
ed to Beaufort. y. c., and later started
for Baltimore, where they will arrive
within the next day or two.
1t is probable that the steamers will
receive a thorough overhauling before
taking up their summer duties. The
photographer has been assigned to coast
pilot work, and will gather data regard
ing shoals and currents along the At
lantic coast and in various hal bors.
which will be published for the guidance
of mariners.
The vessels viii probably go into serv-
ice again early in June.
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O'HARA'S WIRE RECEIVED.
White House Silent on Charges
Against Shoe Company.

Lieut. Gov. O'Hara's telegram to Presi-
dent Wilson directing attention to testi-
mony before the Illinois vice commission
showing relations bewteen the Interna.
tional Shoe Company and its employees.
with the charge that the company was
maintaining lobby in Washington
against the tariff bill. has been received
at the White House
Secretary Tumulty, in the President
absence. did not attempt to predict what
would he done with il.
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NEW YORK CATTLE.

NEW YORK, April 25.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, $40 head; no trading; feeling
steady Dressed beef-Cnchanged: native
sides. liz to IA per pound. Exports, POI
head cattle to London.
Calves-Receipts, ~ head: none on
sale; feeling nominally steady. City
dressed veals, IA to 161a per pound; coun-
try dressed. liz to 10.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 2.O46 head:
sheep weak: lambs steady. Common to
fair clipped sheep. 400 to 900 per 100
pounds; common to fair clipped lambs,
$50 to 500; clipped culls, 600
Hogs-Receipts, 1865: none on sale,
feeling nominaHy steady.
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LONDON WOOL SALES.

LONDON, April 26.-The offerings at
the wool auction sales today amounted to
1924 bales. A spirited demand from all
sections. except America, kept the mar
ket Arm, and coarse crossbreds hardened
and were in sellers favor. Tasmanian
greasy sold as high as Is ID. Next week
Is, 300 bales will be offered. Today's sales
follow: New South Wales, $500 bales
secured, Is 3da1s lloyd; greasy, 6da1s 3D.
Queensland, LOCO bales: secured, Is 6da
IS ord; greasy. 1Odals 2lzd- Victoria,
1900 bales; secured. 1sa1s I'd; greasy.
S1xda1s 31sd. South Australia, 300 bales y:
secured, Is 4da1s Cd; greasy, 9da1s I'd.
West Australia, 800 bales: greasy, 10Rda
Is 1Rd. Tasmania, 800 bales greasy. Ida
Is sd. New Zealand, $500 bales; secured.
Is 2da1s 1Od; greasy, 7da1s I'd. Cape of
Good Hope and Natal, LOO bales; scour-
ed, Is 4da1s 9lsd; greasy. 6Ada1Ol2d.
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KANSAS CITY CATTLE.

KANSAS CITY, April 26.-Cattle-
Receipts. 100 head: no southerns:
steady: dressed beef and export steers,
820a87O: fair TO good, 730a8.15; west
ern steers. 7O0aS.40; stockers and feed
ers 65OaS25; southern steers, 6.75a
S35; southern cows. 4.50a7.25: native
cows. 4.25a775; native heifers, $50:
bulls, 6.0Oa735; calves, 6.5Oa9.50.
Hogs-Receipts. 800 head; lower.
Bulk, S.5Oa86o: heavy, 8.45a85O; pack
ers and butchers. 850a8.7O; light, 8.6Oa
$40; pigs. 7.25a7.50.
Sheep-Receipts. none: steady. Colo
RADIO lambs 7.75aS85: yearlings. 6.00a
$50; wethers. 5.75a7.00; ewes. 5.25a
SIS: stockers and feeders, 4.50a6.00.
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SOUTH DAKOTA DELAYS.
Notice of Ratification of Direct Sena.
torial Elections Not Received.

Only one state, South Dakota, remains
to be officially recorded at the State De-
partment to complete the list Of thirty
six. necessary to insure the issue OF a no.
tice of the taking effect of the seven
teenth amendment TO the Constitution,
providing for the direct election OF sena-
tors.
Secretary Bryans own state. Nebraska.
was heard from yesterday, making thirty
FIVE states SO far recorded in favor OF the
amendment
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Condition of the Treasury.

The Condition OF the United States
Treasury at the beginning of business
yesterday was:
Working balance. S73.303. 407. In banks
and Philippine treasury, SAL, 43I .553. Total
of general fund, $14G, :D1 ,212. Receipts
yesterday, 81, 49,, 600; disbursements. ST.
942, 1885, The Surplus this fiscal year is
IS, 1S5, 497. as against deficit Of $4,66o.
$50 last year.
The figures for receipts, disbursements,
etc, exclude Panama canal and public
debt transactions.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, April 26.-Close: Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 10000 head; 10 lower; bulk. s.7Oa
ss5: light. s.7OaS.95; mixed. S.60aS 80:
heavy, S.4OaS.S5; rough, S.4OaS.5o; pigs,
6.75aS.9O.
Cattle-Receipts. 100 head; dull and I'M
changed: beeves, 7.3Oa9. 70: Texas steers,
6.S0a7.yO; western, 7.O0as. 10: stockers and
feeders, 6.20aS. 10; cows and heifers, 4.OUa
$40; calves, 6.j0a9..O
Sheep-Receipts, 600 head; steady. ma
tive. 6O0a7.25: western. 6.25a7.25; year
lings. 65Oa19O: lambs. native, 660aS. IS;
western, 7.0OaS.ov.
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.


market was unusually active for a Satur-
day half session. and ruled more or less
unsettled as result of evening up for
over the May notices. expected Monday.
All positions but July made new low
ground for the movement during the
early trading, but prices rallied later,
with the close steady, net unchanged to
points higher. The opening was steady
at an advance Of to g points, In re-
Spouse to relatively better cables than
expected, predictions that Liverpool
houses would take up whatever May
notices might reach them Monday, and
covering for over the week end. Offer
ings were heavy at the initial figures,
however owing to favorable weather crop
reports. and following the western belt
forecast for gradually rising tempera-
lures, the market broke rather sharply.
There seemed to be considerable scat
tering May liquidation, while houses with
western and southern connections. as well
as uptown interests, were heavy sellers
of the new crop months. and before the
decline was checked prices were about
. to points net lower with new crop
deliveries, making new low records for
the season. July was rendered relatively
steady by covering, and some scattered
buying for a reaction which was based
on expectations that if May notices were
stopped Monday there would be furry
of old crop shorts
That position consequently led the
rally In the later trading, but business
tapered off on the advance Of about
to points from the low level Of
the morning. Reports published in a
local paper indicated an increase of
from 5 to 10 per cent in the acreage
Of Texas and Oklahoma. which prob
ably inspired part of the early selling
in connection with favorable advices
as to the outlook in the southwest
from travelling crop experts. There
were reports that recent rains have
been excessive in Louisiana and Missis-
sippi and there were further scatter
ing complaints based on abnOrmally
low temperatures, but local bears con-
sidered uncertainty as to May notices
the main factor on the late rally
CottOn-Spot closed quiet: middling
uplands, 11.85; do, gulf. 1910: sales,
$50 bales. Futures closed steady.