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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
MARKET CONDITIONS
MORE PROP|T|OUS
List Responds by Regaining
Ground Lost Previously.
Coppers Strong

New York, August 20.-Conditions IN the
stock market were more propitious today
and the list responded by regaining the
ground lost yesterday, although it did not
ho,ts this advantage throughout the ses-
sion Relief from alarm over affairs in
Mexico was the most definite force IN
formulating sentiment. Another impor-
tant influence was cessation of heavy sell
ing by Europe. European operations here
were on a reduced scale and were about
equally divided between buying and sell
ing.
Stocks We're not in abundant supply, as
bear traders discovered when they at
tempted to cover. The most pronounced
movement was in the first hour of trading,
when many of the favorites advanced
from 1 to points. Teh copper stocks
showed strength, Smelling meeting with
special favor because of the Improvement
in Mexican news Some of the special
ties were strong. National biscuit rose 3
points The Petroleum stocks made a
good showing and a bullish demonstration
in Interborough preferred drew attention
to that stock The upturn aroused little
speculative interest and bull traders did
not attempt to follow it up. Trading be-
came listless and prices eased off.
Steel, one of the strong features of the
early trading, relnquished most of It's
gain, but later stiffened again. New
business for August was reported. show
ing Improvement over July.
Bonds were steady with little trading IN
important issues Total sales, par value,
$4,000. United States As coupons ad-
vanced u and the registered feclined a
on call
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South Pole Relics

A big, plain cooking pot whose interior
has been scraped clean and bare bv men
at the point of death by starvation: an
empty pryovision bag a sledging shovel
the inner lining OF the tent in which The
remains of Captain Scott and his COM
panlons were found by the search party.
and shabby, much-thumbed sixpennv
edition of Mary Johnston's story of old
Virginia, by Order of the Companv .
which, when picked up in Captain Scott $
tent, was curfousy enough open at a
chapter headed. I'VE Go Out Into the
Night'-these are among the relics of the
broughtgreat Anarctic tragedy which
were brought back by the Terra Nova
and which are now attracting thousa nd =
or people to the Earl's Court exhibition
where they are being shown, saws Tit
Bits.
It Is a pathetic and most impressive
collection. and not the least interesting
feature is an exact model in section of
the igloo, or cave, dug in the snow nv
the northern party of the expedition who
were forced to winter in Terra Nova bav
owing to the ship being unable to pick
them up. For seven months the marty
lived in the cave of snow and ice on ra
tions sufficient for only one month. There
were six men altogether, under Iieuten
ant Campbell, and they used blubber for
everything-food, light and fuel. When
coal mine with carbon, and so were the
men.
When Lieutenant Campbell visited the
exhibition he remarked to Lord Cheyles-
more that he ''shivered" when he looked
upon the realistic reproduction of the ig-
loo. which brought back to his mind so
vividly those terrible seven months.
Among other relies might be mentioned
the theodolite which fixed the position
or the south pole. the camera with which
photographs Of the pole were taken.
sledging Thermometer and compass. a re-
pair bag a lamp made from an emptv
tin to burn mixture of vaseline and
spirit. typewriter, several sleeping ba gs.
skis of Captain Scott. Lieutenant Bow
ers and DIR. Wilson, and an instrument
box which Captain Scott and his party
used on the return journey from the pole.
The tent of death is perhaps the most
striking of the relics. 1t is the inner lin
ing only, the outer covering having been
used as pail for the bodies-a tiny struc-
ture hardly. to all appearances, fit shelter
against the Anarctic blizzard.
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Kaiser's Democratic Cookery

Both the Kaiser and Kaiserin are ex-
tremely simple in their tastes and prefer
the ordinary dishes of the German mid
die class to the most elaborate French
cookery, says London Life. The Kaiser S
favorite dish Is carp cooked In beer, a
homely dish THAI over here we do not
consider delicacy. carp being a very
course fish. The German Emperor nearly
every night has for his supper picked
herring. onions and potatoes, baked In
their skins. The Kaiserin invariably
eats cold picked pork, potatoe salad and
onions before retiring to rest. 1t is to be
hoped that their maJesties have happy
dreams.
The Kaiser supervises the palace cuisine
personally and frequently surprises his
chefs by descending to the kitchen and
giving instructions as to how he likes a
particular dish to be cooked. One day at
lunch he asked for a second helping Of
carp cooked In beer, and was told the
supply was exhausted. Half In Jest and
half in earnest, the Emperor-turning to
the steward responsible for the ordering
of the table-said: why did you buy so
little fish?' Your majesty, 100 pounds
were bought today was the injured an
swer. "All things considered" said the
Kaiser grinning. that is good DEAL
but next time get quarter of a pound
more" 1t Is obvious that there are others
in the Kaisers household who share his
liking for carp dressed in beer.
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Calling Birds From the Sky

In a hOuSeboat, which is really con-
verted smack which years ago sailed the
sea, and which is now moored near Blake
ney Point Norfolk, lives for the greater
part of the year man who is unique in
his ability to recognize almost any Brit
ish bird by its note, says Tit-Bits) Mr..
Pinchen, to give the bird king his real
name, is guardian of Bakeney Point
nesting grounds. where there are whole
colonies of British birds. The spot is wild
and somewaht desolate. and sometimes
the bird watcher goes for days without
speaking to anybody.
His wonderful skill in initiating various
birds is strikingly illustrated by writer
in the Star" Early one morning Mr..
Pinchen caught sight of a far-off speck In
the sky. This he watched intently for a
fe wseconds.
"A curley,' he said, and gave that
birds call. The black speck immediately
DETECTED it's flight and came swiftly to-
wards the bird king. making repeated an
swers. 1t came low over the houseboat.
hel da brief conversation with the bird
watcher of Blakeney, and the ndeparted.
Not only, however. can Mr.. Pincher
generally tell when he hears bird s note
what the bird is. but he says it is quite
possible, when you hear note, to un
derstand what the bird is doing, whether
it is flying, resting, fighting, making love,
feeding, or whether 1t is alarmed. But.
of course: it is only possible for man
who has lived among birds all his life to
distinguish such cries, and it is doubtful
If there is another man in the country
who possesses the extraordinary knowl.
edge of which Mr.. Pinchen can boast
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A YawniuU pit

Following the genertla trend of the cave
the men owrked their way for two miles
over rocks, across abysses and around
pools of water of unknown depth, until
they came upon a yawning pit Here they
tllied one lantern with fresh supply OF
OIL and threw the empty bottle Into the
PIT Reid counted 30 before the bottle
vas heard striking the rocks on the bot
tom of the pit.
once around this deep, black hole the
men round easy going and came upon
another room filled with strange odor
rms was believed to be produced by SAL
phur-bearing rocks in the formation of
the walls. 1t was very nauseating.
Believing that they would have to turn
rack because of this gas the men sud-
oehiy emerged into another ROOM in
which they felt fresh air blowing in a
strong current through the cavern. Thev
were unable to trace its origin, but vera
larry carried by the current into an
other separate room, where the lanterns
We're not needed because phosphorus
rocks made everything as bright as day.
she air was fresh and sweet here. evil
IDENTIFY coming from an aperature nj the
sides OF the mountain.
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Myriads of Reptiles

FIFTY feet further the low room spread
cut INTO court and another. larger room
with higher ceiling. Over the floor
and under the flat rocks ran myriads
of lizards and snakes. 1t appeared to
be the wintering place for all the rep
tlesson the Olympic mountains. The liz
ards We're of every land species and OF
every size.
Hurrying through this cavern, Gilgors
and Reid, holding hands for mutual aid,
ana to assure each other confidence, en-
tered wonderful rotunda, with a dome
and walls of white silica or lime rocls.
Ihey estimated the length Of this room
to be close to 1000 feet. and from 1000
to 5000 feet wide The ceiling ranges
from GO to 100 feet on the sides of several
hundred feet in the domed center.
The light from the lanterns would not
penetrate to the top of the domed cell
ing. This room was bare as far as curios
We're concerned 1t reminded them of a
E'ohster ballroom awaiting guests. The
floor was level
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WHEAT WEAKENS
TOWARD THE CLOSE
Following Profit Taking
Sales Prices IA to 3-8
Net Higher

Chicago. August 20.-Wheat today
was dominated largely by the foreign
situation, hullish cables imparting
strength that lasted throughout the
session until the final hour. when the
market weakened somewhat on profit
taking sales At the end prices were
a to sc net higher Corn closed at
net advance OF ls4Ac to IS a &c.
Oats closed at nee advance 81 IS to
s q l8e Oats declined 4 as to Sc.
Provisions were 2la to o|171sc higher.
The cables brought news Of wheat
shorts covering at Liverpool told of
rather unfavorable crop conditions in
Germany and France and Hungary and
carried predictions of experts that for
some time yet Europe would depend on
America for most of her choice, dry
wheat. To this bullsh news was added
opinions that damage was to be feared
from further rains In the Canadian
northwest. Another thing that helped
send prices up We're the large export
c1earances of wheat and flour, which
equalled 1.1s7. 900 bushels. Good MILL
ing demand, especially from the south
mary receipts of wheat today were L.
$4,000 bushels, against 1,14S,00O last
year.
Some of the recent bull snap was out
of the corn market today, as traders
believe a turn Is due However, there
was a firm tone and influence buying
caused price recover after each dip.
This sustaining factor was the predic-
tions of an authority that The total
crop because of the recent drou;h dam
age in the southwest would be only D.
$50, 10000 bushels.
oats eased off in late trading after
firm start. Selling by leading com
mission houses for southwest account
was the feature of that market.
High prices at the yards rejecting
in some degree losses caused by hog
cholera in certain sections of the sur
plus corn states stiffened provisions
prices, though at the close there were
reactions on liberal offerings
Future quotations were as follows:
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New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Firm middling, 12e net re-
ceipts, 10,945; gross receipts, 1895; sales,
2579; stock 1890.
New Orleans: Firm; mddling, 12c; net
receipts, 1853; gross receipts, 2O4; sales, 90;
stock, is, 1901 cOastwise, 81.
Mobile: Firm; middling, 115sc; net re-
ceipts, 2S; gross receipts, IS; stock, 2195;
coastwise, 1.
Savannah: Steady; middling, 11Ssc; net
receipts. 574; gross receipts. 574; sales 4S;
stock, 1864; ciostwise, 395.
Charleston: Nominal net receipts, 1;
gross receipts, 1; stock. 1856.
Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts, /;
gross receipts, l; stock, 1899.
Norfolk: Steady middling, 117sc net
receipts, 2O2; gross receipts, 202; sales, SS9;
stock, 977S; coastwise, 1884
Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 12c;
stock, 2266.
New York: Steady; middling, 12.15e;
gross receipts, 2744; stock, o, s,054; continent
1905; coastwise, 1882.
Boston: Steady; middling, 12.15c; gross
receipts, 1896; stock, 500; continent, So
Philadelphia: Steady; middling, 12.4oci
stock, 1856
Texas City: Stock, 500.
Brunswick: Stock, 5447
Jacksonville: Stock $780,
Aransas Pass: Stock, 1854.
Total today at all ports: Net, II, ,904;
continent, 1855; stock, 15l,747.
consolidated at all ports: Net, AZ, PSI;
Great Britain, SS1; France, 1OS; continent,
q ,04O.
Total since September l at all ports
Net, 9,STS 479; Great Britain, 3.498, ,5S4;
France, 964,559; continent, S,52S,546; Japan,
3S4, S51; Mexico, 17,143.
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Like an Inferno

wonder after wonder opened up before
the two explorers as they hurried through
the natural tunnel. After traversing
many miles of the caves they came upon
a large room filled with every conceive
able noise. 1t was a veriable fnferna.
Sereeehes howls, meanings and sharp re-
ports like explosions rent the air con-
unually. There was not a thing moving
TO produce the sounds, and 1t was a
terrifying mystery to the woodsmen.
Ten minutes more brought them into A
room where many skulls and human
bones day IN small piles, as II the room
mad been used as vault for the dead
Stone arrow heads and stone mortars
were observed
Hand In hand the two men hurried
along, and after more than IA hours
came upon straight, low-arehed pas
sageway, and saw daylight through a hole
so tiny it looked like a keyhole. The
hole was really the south entrance of
the cave. and the diseoverers found them
selves In the mountains again and fully
20 miles from camp.
with party of students from the
state university they will again visit the
cave and obtain pictures and drawings
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MATERIAL RISE IN
THE COTTON MARKET
Buying for Long Account
Increases; Short Cover
on Large Scale

New Orleans, August 20.-The cotton
market took on a material rise today
on continued reports of crop deteriora-
tion through drouth in Texas and Okla
homa. Buying for long account increased
and shorts covered on a large scale. Of
ferings from buyers of the earlier part
of the week who were satisfied with their
profits.
On the opening the tone was steady
and prices were 5 to 9 points up on good
cables and the dry weather map. Buying
increased in the early trading on the fore
cast of generally fair weather for the
entire cotton region and the advance was
widened to about 10 points. This rise
brought out much profit taking on the
long side and offerings became heavy
enough to cause a reaction of S points
The market had no real selling power
and by the middle of the morning was
again rising on sensational reports of
crop damage from the west
Several important counties of Texas re-
ported that just as much damage would
result from rains as from drouth as the
fields were white with open cotton which
Wouiu be SeNeIeiy iuJuicu ny rain. DuT-
ing the morning the advance was in
creased to 1916 points.
In the afternoon the market was
stronger than ever and the good tone
continued right up to the close, which
was at practically the highest of the
day. The market was quoted steady on
the close at a net advance of 2S to 80
points.
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GENERAL TRADING
IN COTTON MARKET
Prices Make New High
Ground and Sell Up to
or Over IL 1-2 Cents

New York, August 20.-The cotton mar
ket was more active and trading more
general today than for weeks, if not
months past, while prices not only made
new high grounds for the movement, but
sold up to or over the 111z cent level
OH most of the new crop months. The
adviees seemed to reflect increasing un-
easiness over the new crop outlook and
rumors that the less favorable character
of the news in this respect was stimu-
lating a better demand from spinners,
probably added to the activity of the buy
ing movement. Realizing caused slight
reactions from time to time during the
day. but the general tendency was up
ward with the highest levels reached on
the late trading and with the close
very steady at a net gain of from II to 80
points.
Further deterioration reports from the
southwest were reflected in higher Liver
pool cables and the market here opened
firm at an advance of from 3 to II points.
There was a good deal of realizing at
the advance and some early irregularity
was promoted by the views of local map
readers who thought that prospects were
better for showers in the southwest The
official forecast, however, was Tor gen
orally fair weather in the western belt
and the market quickly firmed up again
on active buying by Wall street and local
commission houses. Spot people were also
good buyers which some thought to be for
mill account while New Orleans and
southwestern wires brought buying orders
here which were supposed to be influ-
enced by unfavorable crop accounts. Re-
ports of scattered showers in Texas cir
culated checked the advance and reac-
tions of or points during the early aft
ernoon, but offerings were not aggres-
sive and prices later sold % to, 81 points
let higher ON active new crop positions
with December contracts touching 1l.53
or GO points above the low record of last
week. The close was within point or
two of the best
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York. August 2o.-(special.)-W With
no indication of rain over the southwest
the feat of the results of this kind of
weather brought many buying orders from
local and southwestern houses advancing
the market some 30 points to the close.
Many have looked all day for reac-
ticn, but only temporary setbacks oc-
Cured.
Some spot houses at Houston think the
damaged exaggregated while those in the
northern part of the state are uneasy over
the prospects.
There were also reports of deteriora-
tion from Alabama and Georgia
In Europe the continent was large
buyer in Liverpool being afraid to have
many contracts open in America
All of the trade feel that after so sharp
an advance that a reaction should occur
but the ultimate course of prices will be
governed by the extent of the damage
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Live Stock Market

Chicago. August 2o.-Hogs: Receipts, TO-
09o market strong Light, $2@S; mixed.
$745@9.05; heavy. s130@S.75; rough, $1,000
7.50; pigs, $4.25GS15; bulk. S.75@S.50
Cattle: Receipts. $4,000; market steady.
Beeves.l $769: Texans, $6.75a7.75; stockers,
s5.45m7.s0; cows and heifers, $3.6OQS. 40 /;
calves, sSu115o.
Sheep Receipts $1,000; market steady.
Native, s3G5@4.75; yearings. $4S5@590; ma
tive lambs, s5.40Q7S5.
Kansas City, August 2O.-Hogs Re-
ceipts, 5000; market strong. Bulk, IS. .45@
$50; heavy, SS.40QS.60; packers and BUTCH
ers, $s.40@s.so; lights, $s.45@ssO; pigs, $5.75
m6.75.
Cattle; Receipts, 1900, including 100
southerns; marekt steady. Prime fed
steers, $4,000; dressed beef steers. $3.50
$40; southern steers $510@6.55; cows 49, 50
ese.5e; he,sars, $..5Oas75; stockers. $500
7.75
Sheep: Receipts. 5000; market steady
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Lambs, S6.25QZ75; yearlings, s4.35@5.75;
wethers, $4.5o@5; ewes, $3.75@4.75; stoclsers,

Lambs, $6.25QI75; yearlings, $4.35G5.75;
wethers. $4.50@5; ewes, $3.75@4.75; stoclSers.
$2.50Q430.
st. Louis, August 20.-Cattle: Receipts.
6O00, including 900 southerns; market
steady. Choice to firm steers, $a9; good
to choice steers, $7.25QS; dressed and
butcher steers, s5.5Oa7.25; stockers, $3.50
7.50; Texas and Oklahoma steers, s6.259
7.75; cows and heifers, $425m6.50.
Hogs: Receipts, GO00; market higher.
Pigs and lights, s5.5O@9.05; mixed and
butchers, $S.60G9; good heavy, $S30dS.75.
Sheep: Receipts, 1000; market steady.
Muttons, $3.25QI4; yearlings, $5d6; lambs,
$5d7.50.
Louisville, August 20-Cattle: Receipts,
$50: market steady. Range, $2@S.
Hogs: Receipts, 1000; market 10c higher.
Range, $45OdS.95.
Sheep: Receipts, 1900; lambs, SIC down;
sheep, BIC down.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, II 15-16c,
net receipts, 8512; gross receipts, S512,
shipments, 1914; sales, 2S50; stock, 3o,-
474.
Augusta: Steady; middling, IL a4c; net
receipts, 1852; gross receipts, ISL; ship
ments, 359; sales, 1928: stock, 6523.
Memphis: Steady; middling, II &c; net
receipts, 6; gross receipts, 635, ship
ments, 1863; stock, 1922.
st. Louis: Quiet; middling, 12c, gross
receipts, 24s; shipmentsa s46; stock,
6967.
Cincinnati: Net receipts, sol; gross
receipts, 504 shipments, /; stock. a.
032.
Little Rock: Dull; middling, III 9s c;
shipments, &c; stock, 6436.
Greenville: Steady; middling, 11&c.
Total today; Net receipts. 9174; gross
receipts, 10,0S0; shipments, 1929;
sales, S123 stock, 1888.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
Coffee Market

New York. August 20.-IIigher cables.
rumors of unfavorable Brazilian crop and
steadiness in the cost and freight market
caused a further advance In coffee to-
day. The opening was steady at to 10
points up. Prices worked gradually high
er, closing steady ut a gain of IL TO Is
points. August. SS5c: September, Sole;
October. 9.01c; December, 9.17c; january,
9.25c; March, .42e; May, 9.53c; July, 9.63c.
Spot steady; No. Rio, 9hc; No. San
tos 12q12l4c. Mild dull; Cordoya, 1SG16c
nominal.
Havre, 4 frame higher. Hamburg, 40
Il pfennig higher. Rio, 12o reis lower at
5sx250; Santos. so lower; As. 5sx500: Is, un-
changed. Brazilian receipts. 81, Co., against
5000. Jundahy receipts, $4,000. against
36.00O. Santos cable reported unchanged
Sac Paulo receipts, &c. 900.
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Fruits and Produce

Apples, Maiden Blush, box, $500;
California oranges, $500 box; lines, 81 per
100; Irish potatoes, $1.1O per bushel sweet
potatoes. Dooley, $2.75; onions, red globe,
21ac per pound; lettuce, $1506i2 so per crate /:
cucumbers, per crate si.75; cabbage, Vir-
ginia, Sa3hc lb; mex Texas onions, crate.
$780, beans, per hamper, $l25dl. so ;
peaches, s2.5oas crate squash, per ham
per, siG1.25; cantaloupes, $2Q2.50; water
melons, 1542bc; pei pers per crate, $1.500D
2; lemons. box of 800, $5.5O9s; okra, $20l2 so
hamper. Pears, per box, 50; Keefer pears,
per bbl., s2.75. Plums, 81. Malaga grapes,
81. Celery. per dozen, 90c
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New York Money

New York, August 2O-Call money was
steady. 2@2A per cent; ruling rate, 2A;
closing bid, 2q2A; time loans frmer; 60
days, 3A: 80 days, Az six months, 51s1
5A.
Prime mercantile paper, 6n61s per cent;
sterling exchange steady, $4.S3.15 for 80
day bills. S4.S6. 80 for demand; commercial
bills, S4S2%. Bar silver. 59l4c. Mexican
collars 46c. Government bonds irregular;
railroad bonds steady.
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London Stock Market

London, August 20.-Dealings on the
stock exchange was quiet bu. steady to-
day. Traders advanced prices on the
belief that the Mexican and Balkan situ-
ations had improved. Mexican securities
and copper shares had a good tone.
American securities opened quiet and
a fraction lower; light covering rallied the
market and the list was further strength
ened by good Wall street purchases and
closed steady.
Consols for money, 1885. Consols for the
account, 75a. Illinois Central, Ill; Louis
vile and Nashville, 1882; Southern Rail
way. 25ss. Bar silver steady, 81 5-16d per
ounce. Money, 294. Discount rates, short
bills, 3S. Three months, 33s.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool August 20.-Cotton spot fair
demand. Middling fair. 7.06d; good mid
ding, 6.Ssd midding. 656d; low middling,
g. 36d good ordinary, 5S0d; ordinary. 546d
Sales. 1000 including $500 American and
800 for export and speculation. Receipts,
10000, including 1000 American. Futures
closed firm. August, 636d; August Sep
tember, 6.29d; September October, 6201kd:
October -Novembers 6.161sd; November-D De-
oember, 6111Ad; December-January, 6.111zd: :
January February, 6.12d February March,
6.1S1sd; March-April, 6141zd; April-May,
6151ad; MayJune, 616lad; June-July,
6161sd; July-August, 6151kd
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York. August 20.-In sympathy with
the strength of lard and cotton the cotton
seed oil market was firmer throughout
the forenoon. Subsequent unloading OF
old crops weakene dthe market, although
late months had fair support on the idea
that they were relativel ytoo low. The
close was 8 points lower to ! higher.
Sales 1O.S00 barrels. Prime summer yell
low, 5000; August soc; September S.S5c;
October, Sc; November. 6.95c; December
6.7Sc; January, 6.77c; February. 6.75c;
March, 6.S0c, prime winter yellow, $500
10.50c; prime summer white, Sc.