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|sT0CK MARKET is
DULL AND QUIET
Leading Securities Sluggish,
With Downward Tend
ency

| NEW YORK. Aug. s.-The two hour
session of the stock market today was
devoid of developments.
/ Reports submitted by trade author
| tiles indicated continued irregularity
| in various lines OF business, varied here
and there by an underlying feeling OF
! optimism.
A few noteworthy railroad returns
were submitted. especially that Of the
| Erie for the fiscal year, its net income
increasing by more than 100000,
with surplus, gain OF $4,000, 900.
the year OF $1,850,000.
| From the sluggish movement of lead
ing stocks. mainly downward. X was
of yesterdays crop report with its
brilliant promise for wheat. did not al
| together allay alarm for other staples,
/ although grangers were singularly in
active. Hartman shares were under
steady pressure. likewise Reading and
Sme1ting while specialties like Inter-
olina Chemical preferred. Mexican Pc
troleum and American Express fell to
2 points.
| Readings heavy tone was associated
with recent advices from Washington
suggesting further action against the
anthracite roads.
Unf1lled tonnage figures for July SUBJ
mftted by the United States Steel cor
poration after the close of the market,
showed decrease of practically 40e.-
| 900 tons, and marked the seventh sue
cessive monthly reduction this year.
| The volume of business reported TO-DAY
t-5,S99.356 tons-fs more than 100000
| tons less than that of year ago.
The bank statement threw little light
on the weeks monetary operations. ac-
tual loans increasing $5.64o.000. while
/ the cash gain of $1,157,000 was below
/ most estimates.
! Bonds were Irregular. Government,
issues advanced from z to / per cent
on call on the week. Total sales, par
value. were $4,000.
Wilson's New York Letter
NEW YORK, Aug. 9-The market
| acts little tired. but shows good alb
sorptive capacity. Traders are work
| ing for lower prices. but they are un-
able to bring about any reactions OF
/ consequence. Stocks bought around
recent low levels are not for SALE
| Unless conditions affecting the Sc
curity markets should suddenly change
for the worse we would prefer the
long side.
Present conditions in our opinion
fully justify higher prices.
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Portland Butter Market
PORTLAND, Aug. -Butter-Unchanged

Potatoes. Onions and Vegetables
Potatoes-New river white. 9Oc6$1.15 per ctl;
sweets. $363.25 per ctl.
Onons-New yellow, 81. 10n1.15 ctl.
vegetables-Green corn. $1@2.25 per sack
@40c per box: garlic, 81 05c per ID; cabbage, 81
per ctl: csulifower. 40G50c per dozen; green
peppers. 50@65c per box for bell and 3065Oc
for chile; carrots, 75c per sack; string beans, 4
@6c per ID; lima beans. 5@Sc per lb; summer
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Mining Stocks

Trading In Nevada mining securities was re-
stricted to narrow limits at the short sessions
Of the Bush street exchange yesterday morning,
the only noteworthy activity being In few
Of the prominent Tonopah stocks, and prices
were inclined to sag throughout the list. Midway
of the Tonopah group showed some little firm
ness, and 1t even scored small advance on the
execution Of few fair sized buying orders.
Otherwise the market was generally weak in
tone. North Star finished the week with an
additional loss Of s points, while prices for the
other Tonopahs and the Golddelds adhered closely
to Fridays closing quotations. The active north
end Comstocks, too. were dull. with prices stand
Ing about the same as on the preceding day.
The only noteworthy price nuctuation In the
latter group was In Mexican, which closed weak
at 81 bid and selling price named.
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
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Drfed Fruits, Rai.in.. Nut. and Honey

Prunes--Spot. COS to 90s 4c bulk basis; 50s,
&c higher; 40s to SOS. jobbing at 5laG6c as
bulk basis.
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For the purpose OF considerinx the
Endorsement of candidates for all the
of1ces to be filled at the coming mu-
nicipa1 election the Endorsement COM
mittee OF the Nonpartisan Municipal
League of San Francisco will meet
nightly, beginning tomorrow. in room
4o3. Head building.
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BONDS

Z. s. Bid. Ask
IS or cp new.110L
3s quar- coup - 103 I
Miscellaneous
Ala A w 5s- 90
Asso Oil 5s. 90 1901
Bay CPC IS. 1001s zoos
Cal rG&E rs 100
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Receipts or Produce August >
Flour, or Skis. 7,1soIBeans. SKIS

wheat and Other Grains
CASH WHEAT
California white Australian. nominal: Caiitos-
81 :5o@ se,s Turkey red. sls5@l; ;eo Russian
red. s. :5o@152h; forty fold. $l.o21a O'ues'e'n'
CASH BARLEY
Choice feed 81 pig per ell: No. DO. &l-zog
1894 OF grades. 81. 1.20d1 221s.
FUTURES
II a. M Session
No trading. December closed st = ;s3rs p'u
$1.s4ta asked. and August at s.. 20 BID -
No. to choice: black. xa5oM2.75; red seed,
s17561 /. AZ: do feed. $1-45n1.5o. - 80
Corp-Eastern yellow. carload lots $l.ss $s,n., p5.
ctl; do white. $1.90; Egyptian white. nominal )
Kafnr, nominal
Rye 81. .s21a Q1.s71s per ctl on the spot.
Butter Cheese and Eggs
The egg market closed the. week pare,y bare.
steady for the upper grades OF fresn tts,s ssVvn.
with the outlook for the fmmeola.e ian,sd ius"s
OF the quotation for extras on the Dairy rsi eS-
change The easiness that developed on Fr'-
from cold storage. the ice house offerings being
fresh stock because of their fine quality sna an,
OF cold storage now have only been held TOT
short time and as they show hardly any
deterioration they are nndfng ravo1 VIII et IVY
Yesterdays receipts were nearly 4OOO case.
but they included large shipments IN transls
to the north that were withdrawn from stor-
age plants In the producing districts. The quo
tations for butter and cheese were nnchangeo.
The highest price bid for extra butter on tne
regular exchange call nc under the quoted
rate and the offer was ignored At the informa
session, however. several lots were sofa a. y
an advance of 1hc over the quotation. which
showed plainly that the market had lost none
of Its former frmness.
sales on the exchange we're as follows:
Butter-55 cases Of extras at 331ac pound
on the Informal call.
Eggs-IO cases OF extras at &c. 10 at SIC.
90 at 3115c and 10 cases Of selected pullets
at 26c dozen.
Receipts were 81 900 pounds of butter. JOO
pounds Of cheese and $40 cases Of eggs.
The following official quotations estab-
lfshed by sales. bids and offers on the noor OF
the Dairy exchange. Prices In the street. while
governed by the exchange quotations. generally
range from 11ac to 21tc higher, owing to the
various charges to be added:
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PORTLAND. Aug. s.-Clearngs, $1,415,o14;
balances, $166. .554.
SEATTLE. xug s.--clearings. 1892. .4o2: bal
ances. $l35. .675.
sPoKANE, Aug. s.-CIearinss. s5s1. $50; bal
TAcoMA. Aug. s.-clearinss. sse1, ,os2; bal
ances, $5J, 154.
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Poultry and Game

The poultry market closed the week rather
easy, even plump young chickens which had
previously been selling we'll at satisfactory prices
being slightly weaker Sellers who managed to
effect close cIearances of young stock had to
make small concessions In prices to do so, while
ordinary hens were hard to move even at re-
duced rates Several large lots of small to
medium sized White Leghorn hens had to be
held over for Mondays market. Importers of
eastern fowls reported yesterday that at least
three would be marketed tomorrow and
there was considerable speculation along the
street to what percentage OF young chickens
the would contain. Hens have constituted
the bulk Of the arrivals from the east for some
time past.
Poultry (per dozen)-Hens. s4@4.5 80 for small.
$6.50@7.50 for large and s9M12 for extra: young
roosters. $7@S; do extras se@10; old roosters.
$405: fryers. $5.5067: broilers. S4f14.50 for
large, $3.50@4 for medium and S363.50 for
small; ducks, $4@450 for old and s5@7 for
young; geese, s2M2.5 per pair; pigeons s1.25@
1.50: squads, $1.50@2
Prices per lb-Eastern hens. is61sc; Cafor-
MIA hens, 15@16c for Leghorns and 1sc for
fancy breeds; young roosters. 26c: fryers. asa
26c: broiers. 24625c.
Game tper dozen)-Hare. nominal; Belgian
hare, SAGE.
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Condition Of Treasury

WASHINGTON. Aug 9.-The condition OF Ahe
United States treasury Mt the beginning OF busl-
ness today was Net balance in general fund
$131 527 1886; total receipts yesterday. 81 422 753
total payments yesterday, $2.938.57I; the deficit
this fiscal year IS 1910. 426 against deficit Of
$685. 418 last year, exclusive Of Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
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Loans. Exchange and silver

New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Money on CALL nominal;
no loans.
Time loans, steady; 60 days, 315@3& per
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 6@e.4 per cent
Sterling exchange, easy. with actual business
in bankers bills at s4.ssl5 for so day bills
and Mt "a $500 for demand.
Commercial bills, 81 So.
Bar silver. &c.
Mexican dollars, 47c.
Government bonds, arm: railroad bonds
irregular
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SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. e-Turpentine-Firm,
85x @36c; sales, 3s2; receipts, 500; shipments.
Rosin-Firm. Sales. 2oo2; receipts l.71s:
shipments, 6o4: stockA 111.o4s. Qnote: A, b,
&S.b5; C. D, $3-70. &, $3.50; r, 1856; g. n
}8.eo; L $a95: K. 81; NJ, $3.50; \, SIS:
VIC, $s.1o; WV. $40
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INSTALLING ELECTROLIERS
ST. Helena Trustees Let Contract for
Lighting Street
fsnec,al Dispatch to The Call

ST. HELENA. Aug. 9.-The town
trustees have awarded the contract
for installing 12 ornamental three light
electroliers on Main street between
Adams and Pine. The pavilion. I'm
which the Vintage festival will be held
September s. Z. and 8. is located in
this block, and 1t Is proposed to have
the lights ready to turn on the first
night of the festival.
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PACIFIc COAST hanks mi july

PACIFIC COAST HANKS IN JULY
While there is some loss in the total
of the Pacific states compared with last
year. owing to smaller exchanges at
San Francisco, Los Angeles and some
| other cities, there Is a very satisfactory
gain over 1911. The figures in detail
follow
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~ u A0A
Comstocks
IN -
New York CofFee Market

Europe inspired an a. opening % sd1ancs q A' from .
8 to 9 points in coffee. Active months sold
II to IS points higher during the early trading
making new high ground for the movement. Re
newed liquidation of near months weakened the
market fn the late trading The close Wa
steady. August 800c; September. 667c; Octo
Der. ste; December, 807c: January, 8.O6c;
March. a.26c; May. e.s6c; July, 84lc.
Spot--Steady: Rio -, ekc: Santos A.. 11xc.
Mid cotfee-Dull: ccrdova i5@161tc.
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Lee Kin, AZ Front street, was he,d
up by two men armed with knives a.
Battery and Clay streets and robbed
Of 1915.
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George w. Roberts was bound cx.r
to the superior court yesterday on :
larceny charge
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LISTED SECURITIES
SALES AUGUST 8
Morning Session

% California Wine Assn fcom,.. 81 90
15 Northern Cal Power Co Con-. $50
~ 20 Northern Cal Power Co Con-. 20. %
100 Paauhsus = p Co... rs
81 500 Bay Counties Power Co os..1O0. 30
$1,000 Cal Gas Ell NJ L IS. .l01 70
$1,000 Natomas Con of Cal 6s- 1S-50
IS 600 Pacific Gas q Electric 3s SIS %
81 900 Pacific Tel Tel 5s.....--.. 81 81 !:
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
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L g g A NJ A r K E II >

squash. s5@4oc per box: tomatoes, $l2o@ so lsso
okra, 40@60c per box; eggplant. 5o@Ioc per DoA'
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Dec,duou. and Citrus Fruits

DcC1duOu8 ana S1tIuS II AeAssS
trawberries-Loneworths :. psr cnest' Ban
Other Berries Raspberries 500 - p;os pc a.
blackberries, $204 per chest; huckleberr'es' oW
Pesches-wrapped, so@eoc per box; carriers; r,;
e5@ssc: lug boxes. irregular; 2o@4oc i0r s"-''
a Apples 'per boz box1MGravensteins $14o@1 so for
tier and s1@11o for ~ tier red Astracndier ra 4ier
s1@1.25 for tier and s5cM$1 for ~ a,nscs lasr,
fruit, 5Ocm$1: crabapples. 5o965c for smah ana
$1@125 for large boxes. -xo67s1.
Cslmyrnas $1.25 @1.5o.
sss' s'' s's'''s'as's per crate rs,.
75c@$1 per crate and 5o@soc for boxes.
Pears-Choice Bartletts, 81 25@1.75 per box
Melon, Meions-Tnrlocs cantaoupes. can % s1.o5@1.75 per
crate; river nutmers. $161-50: do cantalouprs
s's esr sFssn per box
Malagas. $fM1.10 per crate: Muscat VI l9l.zo-
Citrus Fruits tper boxavaIenci,a oranges; ss7s =
on stock. s3M4; lemonettes, s5@6.oo; Mexican
lines S10G 1880.
Mexican. 81 .25Gl17s per bunch for Hawaiian ana
2E 64c per lb for Central American; pineapples.
$2@2. 80 per dozen for Hawaiian.
Dried Fruits, Raisins. Nuts and Honey
Prunes-Spot. eos to 9Os. 4c bulk basis; sos,
Ec higher 40s to Sos. jobbing at 81 G6c as
bulk basis.
Oluer lIu1lS, 1917 CROP
Eo IN hayes ard Choice Choice Fancy
Evanorafed annles 51hc 5Ac 61ac
1pricots s's. ...Ds... -ps stsc 1lc 12c isc
ps.s: s..,:.;,:: sss sSs i &c siss siss
Futures. 1918 crop-Prunes Santa Clara. 80
for 7os to sos COS Ac 5os &c, 4os nc and sos s9
for standard. 12Ac for choice. 12s4c for extra
choice and 1870 for fancy peaches 90 70 boxes
choice nd az = for fancy
Figs-4lzc for standard. &c for choice and
SIC for fancy
Raisins-Loose muscste1s. 3Hc. 4Nc and 4ssc
for ?. 3 and crown. respectively; 2. and Z
| crown layers, 95c. 81 and 81. 25 respcctively; ?
crown Dehesa clusters. $40 9 crown fmperiails ,l
81. 20: seeded lb boxes. SIC for fancy ana sc
for choice with the usual differential for II OF
boxes; seedless suItanas. 50s 4Ac; do Thompson,
&c for unbIeached.
Nuts-Jobbing prices to the trade: Walnuts,
nominal: Almonds 16Q1Sc: pecaps. 16G 1sc Bra
zH 1561Sc: peanuts. 81 l6c: pine nuts. lag ldc.
Honey-Fancy water white comb. 15la alec;
dark to amber. 13h@14iac: white extracted 91a
aloe; light amber. s@ec; amber. 607c; lower
grades. 56515c per ID.
Beeswax-Ss034c per ib for light and 29dSlc
for dark
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Bradstreet,s Bank Clearing.

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Bradstreets hank clear
| Ings report for the week ending August shows
an aggregate of 81 995 905 coo as against So 712
2sSOO0 last week and So 035, ,7S5, 900 in the cor
| responding week last year.
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New york Metal Market

quiet and more or less nominal. Copper showed
continued strength. Lake. 1sc: elcctrolytic
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Wholesale Fish Market

Prices per lb-Salmon 12t5c: halbut foc:
chicken halibHt. =; Goldfish, Sc; red rock. 1oc;
black rock. 7c: barracuda 9c sand dabs, &c;
soles. &c; kingfsh. &c; carp. 5c smelts. 10c:
silver smefs. -; herrings. sc; tomcods, Sc;
small striped bass. 15c: large do. -; bass.
Dc: shad, 4c: catfish, 1215c trout, -; crawfsh,
25c: crabs SO 80 per dozen.
The above quotations represent I. . b. prices
for cleaned fish, iced aud boxed.
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Meat Market
DRESSED MEATS

DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers and butchers ars
as follows:
Beef-Prime steers. 12@12Ac; medium do. 10
Q11c: heffers. 11@111ac cows. 911 @10hc
Veal-10@1019c for heavy, 11@11l5c for me-
dlum and 126121ac for small.
Mutton-Wethers 9010c: ewes, s6Shc.
Lambs-Lightwelght. 11M12c; heavy, l0@11c.
Dressed pork tDer lb)-1215 613c.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good. sound
livestock, delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight:
Grass fed cattie-No. I steers. over $50 lbs.
IA M71zc per 1b; under $50 lbs. 6% @7c; second
quality, al weights, 6@61ac; thin. undesirable
steers, 405Hc
No. 4 cows and heifers 6G6%c; second aual-
1fy. 5A @5Ac; common to thin, undesirabls
cows 3@l4c.
Desirable bulls and stays. sa@4c; half fat or
thin bulls 203c.
Calves-Lightweights. per ID. 7A@71ac: me-
d1um, 69619c: heavy. 5@5Ec.
Sheep-Desirable wethers 404hc: ewes. 81
@3Ac.
Sucking lambs-5% acc
Hogs-Hard hogs weighing 100 to $50 lbs, Sc;
$50 to $50 lbs, SIC; $50 lbs and up. 7Nc.
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BANK CLEARINGs

Bank c1earfngs as reported to the
California development board by the
clearing house cities for the week end
ing August Z, 1913, showing the amount
of Increase or decrease from the amount
Of clearings for the corresponding week
of 1912.
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BANK LAWS IssU

n. ". Halsey & Co. yesterday dis
tributed the first lot of the fourth edi-
tion of Bank Laws" This is hand
some volume Of seven departments. as
follows.
Bank Act Of Celiforns az Amended; Public
Deposit Acts Of Californis as Amended: Invest
ment Companies Act of California: National
Bank Act as Amended Currency Act Of March
"a, 1900: Additional Circulation Act Postal SAY
ings Bank Act; New York Savings Bank Law.
Harry Markoe Jr. was the compiler
for Halsey Co.
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New york Crniu Market

NEW YORK. Aug. e.-Flour Quiet.
Wheat-Spot easy; No 2 red, csc; No. north
ern Duluth, 97c. Futures easier. closing v @xc
net lower; September. e3hc; December. e1xc.
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NOrthweatern wheat Marke
WASHINGTON

NOrthweatern Wheat Market
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Aug. .-Wheat-Bluestem. SIC;
forty fold, 7pc; club. 76c; hfe, 76c; red Rus
sian, 96c.
Yesterdays receipts-Wheat. 10 cars; oats, 2
cars: hay. 10 cars; -four, cars; corn, / car.
TACOMA. Aug. 9.-Wheat-Blueetem. soc;
forty fold S1c club. Soc; red nfe. SOC.
Receipts-wheat. cars; oats. ! car; hay. ?
cars.
PORTLAND Aug 0.-Wheat-Unchanged.
Rcceipts-Wheat II cars; barley, cars; dour,
10 cars; oats. cars; hay, 20 cars.
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DuIufh Lfneeed
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS

DULUTH, Mimi, Aug. 9.--Linseed-$1. .4S Y
September. $1.43M December, SLAIN.
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Oil Stocks

year, but gain. as contrasted with the
corresponding week in 1911, OF 3S per
cent.
A comparison of daily averages fol-
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MtnnenuoIia Grain Market

MINNEAPOLIS Aug. 9.-Wheat-No. 1 hard
894zc; No northern. S7M @S04c; No. 2 north
ern, s5N @s7Ac; No. hard Montana. s4Hc
December. sa4 @s9Ec: May. 94hc.
Flour-Unchanged.
Bran-Unchanged.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 78@77c.
Oats--No. g white. Ban @S9Ac.
Rye-No. 2. Th@S9Ec
Flax-$1 42l5 al 43%
Barley-54 061c.
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ETHIOPIAN STAKE IN y. s

The stake Of Europe in the United
states. saws the Statist. "is now con-
stderably more than $4,000, 000, 900, and
AT a moderate estimate its stake in the
railways is upward OF $4,000 600 000 A
large portion of this is invested in
railway bonds, but consid IRA hi
amount is placed in preferred and COM
mon stocks On the whole. these in
vestments have proved highly remuner-
ative"
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Amount. Increase
LOCAL BANK CLEARINCs

day were s6.957,s43.0S Clearings fer
the week ended yesterday were $46.-
266,a62.25. This compares with $4S,-
223,774.65 for the corresponding week
last year.
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COMPLAINTS FILED

These complaints were filed with the
railroad commission yesterday:
BY the town Of Hayward against the San To-
reno Water company asking that the corpora-
fion be required to lay down six inch mains
Throughout the town Of Hayward and to main
tain pressure of not less than rs pounds. and
keep its reservoir full.
By H. Brockmeier against the Pacific Building
company of San Diego. alleging impurity Of
water, inadequate service and unreasonable rates
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U. $. BANK cLEARINGs

July bank exchanges. according to
the statement compiled by r. G. Dun q
Co., which includes returns from 12S
leading centers. makes a fairly salts
factory comparison with the two pre-
ceding years. the total aggregaffng
s13.476.419,674. loss of 81 Der cent as
compared with the same month last
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FAILURES IN JULY

Dun's Report says: While the NUM-
her of commercial failures in the
United States during July showed a
small increase over the preceding
month. with that exception there were
tewer suspensions than in any previous
month this year, and the record com
pares favorably with the correspond-
ing period of 1912. Thus total defaults
last month numbered 1.169, against
Las in June. 1920 in July a year ago
1.127 in 1911, 1.147 in 1910 and 1.Io5
and 1.232, respectively, in 1909 and 1908
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| New York Mining Stocks

70, ,ooo--totaI shares sold.
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UNLISTED SECURITIES

SALES AUGUST
1000 Honolulu Con Oil Co. so
. 120 General Petroleum Co. .-....... Il. 90
10 Oakland. Antioch Eastern Ry. 800
Western Pacific Ry......... 900
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
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FINANCING HERE AND ABRoAD

While capital issues in the United
States for the first seven months of the
year were s15S. 600, 900 less than in the
same period of last year. in England
the amount of new financing during
the same time was Sf61, ,00O. 900 more
than in the previous year Seven
months figures for the two countries
We're 81. 246,000,0 900 and $s65.300.000. re-
spectiyely. Capital issues in Cserman nv
for the first half of 1913 were 1922. 800 :
900. or $34.000.000 below the corre-
spending period of 1912. and less than
In the first half of any year since 1907
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Wilson's New York Letter
New York Stock List

Furnished by j. c. Wilson & Co.. San Francisco,
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ExPREss COMPANY nEDUCTIoNs

Officials of the express companies es-
innate that the reductions ordered by
the interstate commerce commission
will cause loss to gross revenues of
between 25 and so per cent, or some
thing like s42, 900, 900 to $4,000, 900.
Rate reductions range from to 80 per
cent and fall most heavily on the long
haul traffic. The basis of the classifi-
cation prescribed is that all articles or
merchandise of ordinary value are to be
carried at first class or ordinary mer-
schandise rates. All articles of food
and dTink with few exceptions are Sec
ond class and are to be carried at rs
per cent of the first class rate
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MOVES ACROSS THE LINE

The Everett Pulp and Paper company
has been Incorporated in British CO.
iumbia with a, capitalization of $780,
600 but the head office is located at
Everett in Washington. William How
arth is named as president and treas
urer. This is the first of the threat
ened movements of United States paper
companies into Canada because of pend
ing tariff legislation
Evening star., 1913-02-15
THOSE, WHO AIDED BLIND
PRAISED FOR THEIR WORK
Program of Entertainment at the
National Library for the
Coming Week.

The program OF entertainment at the
National Library for the Blind l119 II
street northwest. for tie coming weel.
was announced today. On account OF
type setting and printing o: Braille book :
for the use of the blind, the usual Mon
day afternoon entertainment VIII be omit
ted Thursday night at O'Clock a song
and piano recital will be given by Mrs
Grace AloertoE. soprano. and Mrs. q
Schwanneche. pianist. At 80 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon Miss Inez Tyree
Ryan Will give IA dramatic reading o.
classic and humorous; selections
At the conclusion of "A song recital
Thursday evening by Mrs. Blanche Muir
Dalgleish and Mrs. j. III. Cunningha IN
tributes to those who have labored in be-
half of the National Library fo- the Bin |
We're adopted. Mrs. Rebecca McManes
Coifelt was thanked for having prov ided
quarters for the library, and Miss Eta
Josselyn GiInn for her efforts as directo
of the library. The tribute OF thanks
was said by Mrs. Elizabeth Bar Der. who
also spoke Of the untiring efforts in be
half of the library of Miss Ella Lorraine
Dorsey. Mrs. William Hitz, Mrs. Ernest
Roberts, Mrs. william l.. Clark and othe p
officers and members of the Nationa |
Library for the Blind. Tribute a,so
was paid to members of the examining <
division Of the bureau Of engraving and
printing who have assisted those con
nected with the library: Miss Edith Long
and others connected with the Washing
ton branch of the National Plant. Flower
and Fruit Guild: DIR. b. L. Galloway OF
the department of Agriculture. and d..
]. B. Clayton Mrs. Ida Ford said Mrs
Barber had voiced the sentiments OF
every one connected with the Hilary. and
Mrs. Mary Jones expressed the hope that
the tributes might be printed In Braille
for distribution.