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.CANTALOUPES HERE:
WkTERMELONS ALSO
Neither in Any Great Guam
tity, H0wever-Perplex-
ing Scarcity of Hens

A few crates of cantaloupes were re.
ceived by Morris avenue dealers yester.
day, and 1t is said that by the middle oi
next week this fruit will be received reg.
ularly. The price is about 50 a crate
Watermesons are not on the market gen.
orally, but a few restaurants are selling
them and hucksters are getting a few
from truck farmers.
Business in all lines was reported very
brisk yesterday and the supply is quite
good No change in quotations was noted,
however
The fish market is in a good condition,
although the supply is still In advance of
the supply.
Dealers are at a loss to understand
why hens are not being more generally
received, and one dealer said that his cash
safes for the day would have been si0O
higher had he been able to get consign-
ments. Poultry quotations are unchanged.
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i'slo,2ll year before last, and Of all other
klnds. including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc.
lo44'oVO, against 1,55s.000 last week. 1143.-
wv last year and 1,175,o00 year before last
Iho total worlds visible supply of cot
ton as above shows a decrease compared
with last week of 157,7O7, an increase COM
pared with last year of SOL, and an in
crease compared with year before last
of 1,22, ,46S.
or the worlds visible supply of cotton
as above there is now afloat and held in
Great Britain and continental Europe p
$4,000, against 2.693,00o las year and l.
10000 year before last: in Egypt. 1864
against $4,000 last year and 10000 year
before last; in India. 97S000, against 6ss.-
900 last year and 602,000 year before last.
and in the United States. $4,000. against
$4,000 last year and 45S,0o0 year before
last.
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Comparative Cotton Statement

New YORK, May 30.-For the week
ending Friday, May 80, 1913: Net re-
ceipts at all United States ports during
week. 6S,S05; same week last year. &c.
173; total receipts since September 1.
9,543,211; same date last year, 11,677,-
1o7; exports for the week, 116.00S: same
week last year, 55,479; total exports
since September 1, 7.961,955; same date
last year. 10000,S3S: stock at all Unit
ed states ports, 1926; same time last
year. 453,682; stock at al interior towns
3l0,7s3; same time last year, 209, ,349 .
stock at Liverpool. 1,119,OO0; same time
last year. 1,266,000; stock of American
afloat for Great Britain same time last
year, G7,O0O.
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Save Niagara
From the Boston Post

One of the most important matters
which was allowed to slide by the late
Congress is the salvation of Niagara from
the despoilment of commercialism. Tho
Senate of the Sixty-second Congress. fall
ing to approve the renewal of the act OF
1908, left the door open for calamity.
There cannot be too speedy action re-
storing federal control OF the use Of tho
water pouring over the falls to its earlier
competent Jurisdiction. The state of New
York cannot or will not assume respon-
| sibility. The great waterpower interests
| lie In walt TO grab more than they have
already acquired. 1t is attributable to
/ them that the lapse of the late Congress
| was brought about.
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Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Quiet; mlddling, 12c; net
receipts, 1881; gross receipts 1881
sales, 617; stock. 91.145; continent
6462.
New Orleans: Quiet; middling
IL 5-16c; net receipts, 1410; gross re-
ceipts, 1926; sales, 400; stock, 6S,712.
Mobile: Steady; middling, 1O%c; net
receipts, 1o1; gross receipts, 1o1; sales
25; stock, ii ,907; coastwise, 1880
Savannah: Firm; middling, 12Ac; net
receipts, 2241; gross receipts, 2141;
sales. 140S; stock, 50,O56; France, 400;
continent, 1896; coastwise. 2145.
Charleston: Holiday: net receipts, 80;
gross receipts. 80; stock. 1925; coast
wise, 434.
Charleston: Quiet; middling, 11&c;
net receipts. 229; gross receipts. 229;
sales, 1872; stock, S6SS.
Norfolk: Holiday; net receipts, 54S
gross receipts, 54S; stock, 29,504; coast
wise, 3S1.
Baltimore: Net receipts, 1885, gross
receipts, 1868; stock. BOOB. s
New York: Stock, 69,0S2.
I'oston: Net receipts, Z; gross re-
ceipts, 1877; stock, $780,
Philadelphia Stock, 5446
Texas city: Stock, 1881.
Brunswick: Net receipts, 1854: gross
receipts, 1854; stock, 1857; coastwise
246.
Jacksonville: Stock, 522.
Ttotal today at all ports: Net 9933
France 400 continent, 2O,26S stock
376,265.
Consolidated at all ports. Net, 6s,305;
Great Britain, 40,219; France, 7176; CON
tinent 50705; Japan, 1740; Mexico, 500.
Total since September l at all ports
Net, 9,543.211; Great Britain, 1,94S, 500;
continent, 3.2S5, 5,976; Japan, 369,19S; Mex
leo, 10,SS6.
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Taking of American Cotton

New Orleans, May 30.-Secretary Hes
ter gives the taking of American cotton
by spinners throughout the world as fol-
lows in round numbers:
This week this year, 100000. against
$4,000 last year. $4,000 year before last
Total since September 1 this year. II, ,924,-
900. against 13.142.0O0 last year and TO-
42S000 the year before.
OF this northern spinners and Canada
took 2,237 900 bales this year, against o.
500 900 last year and 19s9,000 the year
before: southern spinners, 2,59s,000, against
23S5 600 last year and 207S,oo0 the year be-
fore; and foreign spinners, 7,os9,000, against
s.2l4,0o0 last year and 6361,0oo the year be-
fore,
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THE MARKETS
LIVERPOOL Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 3O.-Spot cotton in fair
demand; prices unchanged; middling fair,
lid; good middling, 6.S1d middlng, 6.61d
low middling, 6.47d good ordinary, 6.13d
ordinary, 5.79d Sales 10000, including 500
for speculation and export and 9200 Amer
can Receipts $1,000 including 1890 Amer
ican. Futures opened and closed quiet.
May, 6.3S1ad; MayJune, 6sS1ad june
July, sad; July-August, 6.32lad; August
September, 6.221ad; September October,
6.111ad; October November. 6.05lad No
vember-December, 6.021ad; December-Jan-
uary, 6O1hd; January-February. Gold;
February-March, 6.02d; March April, 6.03d
April-May, 6.04d; May-June, 6.05d.
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Cotton Receipts

New York. May 30.-The following are
the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September /: Galveston 3,If,-
0S6; New Orleans, 1,372, ,9f1; Mobile, 21S, ,659;
Savannah, 1,24l, ,094; Charleston, 303,517;
Wilmington, 339, ,796; Norfolk, 513 TO: Balti-
more, T,sS9; New York, 14144; Boston.
H.3G7; Newport News. 10i.627; Phladel-
phia, 1885; San Francisco. 246,019; Bruins
wick, 23s.s95 Pensacola, 123, ,909 Portland
Ore. ITS; Port Arthur and Sabine Pass
1850; Jacksonville, 14,O79; Seattle. "a os6
Laredo, 3052; Texas City, 664,S47; Tacoma
67674; Aransas Pass, 31,79s; Georgetown
ITO; minor ports 10,11S; total, 9543, ,211 bales
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Fruits and Produce

Apples, fancy Winesap, box. $3.50:
Ben Davis apples. box s15O to s1.75;
Roman Beauty apples. box rs; yellow
Newton. $3.50; Florida Valencia oranges,
IS; California oranges. $3.50 box: lines.
$1.25 per hundred; Irish potatoes, $.1O per
bushel; sweet potatoes. Dooley 90c bushel; /;
Onions, red globe. &c per pound; let
tuce, s1.5092.50 per crate; strawber-
ries, $1.50@2.25; cucumbers. per crate,
$500; tomatoes, Florida, s2S0f2. rs:
cabbage. Mobile, s1.7oQ2oo crate; new
Texas onions. crate. s1.50; beans, per
hamper, $1.2541.5O peaches, s2.0O@2. 50
crates; squash, per hamper, S15Od1. 70.
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Weekly Cotton Report

New Orleans May 30.-Secretary Hes
ters statement of the worlds visible sup
ply OF cotton. made up from special cable
and telegraphic advices. compares the fig
ures of this week with last week, last
year and the year before. 1t shows a
decrease for the week just closed of 49,
70I, against a decrease of 1A.215 last year
and a decrease of 132.362 year before last.
The total visible Is 4,197,6S5 against A.
255, 1892 last week. 4.l6s, ia last year and o.
9S5.217 year before last. or this the total
of American cotton Is 2,t536s5, against
2.797.Ss2 last yeek. s.025.774 last year and
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Hubbard Bros. Il Go.

Cation Merchants, Hanover Square, N.
tniange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Asso.
chase and sale Of Cotton and Cotton
6eed Oil for future delivery. Special
Attention and liberal terms gtyen foe
0onSignments Of spot cotton TOR ~
0Vorys Corroopondouco invited.
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Weekly Interior Cotton Towns

New York May 3O.-Weekly interior
cotton statement for week ending May 30;
Albany: Shipments, 100; stock. 1921.
Athens: Receipts, 1880; shipments, 1850;
stock, 6722
Atlanta; Receipts, 1923; shipments, s147;
Brenham: Receipts, 80; shipments 1872;
stock, 800.
Charlotte: Steady; middling, 12c re-
cepts, 81 shipments, 81.
Columbia: Receipts, 13S3 shipments,
1888; stock, 1876.
Columbus, Ga: Dull; middling, 111ac; /;
receipts, 40; shipments. $50; stock, 14OO6.
Columbus, Miss. Receipts, 420; ship
ments, oil; stock. 1888.
Eufaula: Receipts 10; shipments, 4;
Greenvlle: Receipts. So; shipments,
1C0; stock, 1856.
Greenwood, S. c.: Stock, 3193
Helena: Stock, 178
Little Rock: Receipts, 3s7; shipments,
1916; stock 23,519.
Macon: Receipts, 100; shipments. ri;
stock, 9575
Meridian: Receipts 2sS; shipments PIG,
stock. 6657.
Montgomery: Dull; middlin/, 1l5sc; re-
ceipts. 1854; shipments. 4170; stock, 1897
Nashville: Quiet; middling, 12Ac; stock
765
Raleigh Steady; middling, 11hc: re.
ceipts. 154; shipments, 100; stock, 26s
Rome: Receipts. 176; shipments, 500
stock Al.
Selma Receipts, 145; shipments 169
Shreveport: Receipts, 81; shipments, s.
stock 36l1.
Vicksburg: Shipments. 2; stock. 7lOs
Yazoo City: Receipts, 8; shipments. 1l9
stock, 279S.
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Creamery Products

Country butter, 20q25c; fresh creamery
butter, 321ac; cheese, 16c; imported Swiss
cheese. 8lc; German brick cheese. zoe;
li.aburger cheese, Ice. imported roquefort.
37c: Neufchatel cheese. per dozen. 45c:
Pimento cheese, 35c; process butter, soc:
daisy cheese. 161zc per poxnd.
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Not According to Union Scale

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A bookseller in a western town pur-
chased a stock of books. Finding sew
eral sets of Charles Dickens works in
this stock he decided TO make a spe-
cial price on them, so he put all of
them in the large show window, with
the following sign in very large let
ters:
WEEK FOR TWO DOLLARS.
A Kansas farmer, who had drifted
down that way to try his luck for a
farm given to the lucky pnes by Uncle
SAM walked up to this window. Read
ing the sign, he said Now, that's
what's the matter with this country;
the idea of man working all week for
two dollars" ~
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account (July). IA 1916; Illinois Cen
tral, lis; Louisville and Nashville.
1879; Southern railway 24as; bar sill
Yer steady at 27esd per ounce; money.
"A @3 per cent; discount rates, short
and three months bills, 1116@3A per
cent.
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A Fine Child

From Harper'S weekly
That's a fine baby of yours, BILL,
said the boss to his chauffeur.
Eyes. Mr. wilkins" said the chauffeur
MY wife and l are pretty proud of
him. He's the latest model, all right
n self-starter with an automatic horn
| that would wake the dead
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these funds. Her banks were able to go
on with no higher speed with their own
resources. Their credit was almost ex-
hausted. The Withdrawals of large
amounts of American funds to meet the
imperative necessities of Germany was
coincidental in point of time with the ap-
palling war cloud which for a time COW
cred the entire continent of Europe and
darkened the financial atmosphere OF
Great Britain
Germany not only bought or borrowed
large amounts of gold from us, finding the
United States the greatest free market for
gold in the world, practically the only
one. but her people were suddenly de-
barred from buying American securities
or furnishing the funds with which her
bankers would be able to finance some OF
the important American loans.
Germany alone has created conditions
of themselves sufficient to justify Amer
lean business men In taking heed lest al
this time they be overambitious, thereby
straining credit to the breaking point
This furnished Mr.. Talbert one of the
reasons for counseling the American bust.
ness men. by way Of the address to the
Detroit Bankers club. that, while the
time is propitious they take heed lest they
plunge ahead too rapidly.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 127sc; compound. CSC: dry salt
short ribs, 1870; bellies, 14eo ham
butts, 15.5oc; Boston butts, Ice: pork
loins, lie; spare ribs, 13c. breakfast
bacon. 22@24c; smoked bacon, lee; reg
ular ham, 194c; skinned ham, 2oc
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Liyerpool Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, May 30.-The following are
the weekly cotton statistics: Imports, all
kinds. $4,000 bales; imports American, 64,
600; stock all kinds. 1,119.00o; stock Amer
lean, 92s0OO. American forwarded, $1,000
Total exports, $1,000.
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper. SQ91sc in Dbl. lots; gray
snappers or groupers, 91z@4c. Spanish
mackerel, 10c; sun perch or Dream, Sc In
bbl. lots: pompano, 20c; mixed fish, TIC
in bbl. lots; crockers, &c in Dbl. lots fresh
water perch, Sc; n.ul!st. 61ac in bbls /;
small trout. 7c; fresh water cat, dressed,
lOc; salt water cat TIC.
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Flour and Breadstuffs

Sell Tlbing 1Iour, $6.lU; Tennessee
flour, $5.65; Oklahoma flour, s515;
pure wheat shorts, 500; pure wheat bran,
$3.50; C. s. hulls per ton, SIS; prime C. S.
meal, per ton, s32; c. S. feed meal, per
ton, s26; No. l timothy hay, per ton, $22;
mixed alfalfa and johnson grass, per ton,
$40: sack, $3.50; alfalfa hay, per ton, $2f;
Johnson grass, per ton, SIS; mixed feed,
SH; oats, 54c bus; corn, sac.
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Cotton Seed Oil

firm, S6Ac; sales. 1872; receipts. 1905: shin.
ments, 13i5; stocks. 23.05s. Rosin Arm,
sales. none receipts. 1888; shipments. iii
stocks, s5,6Ss. Quote: A, B. s4.55: G. %
s.so; E. s4.65: F, $40; g. s4.75; H. $3.50;
I. $3.50; K. $50; NJ. 81. .S5; N, s6.35; VIC
$6.70; WV, $6.85.
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Naval Stores

savannah, May So.-Sea Island cotton
urn @ on tne lower grades during the past
week, with higher ones neglected. No
PRICE changes. Receipts, 400 bales: sales
I5l bales. Shipments, 3s5 bales stoc;S'
1894 bales. Weekly quotations.: Fancy
Georgia and Florida, 2sc; extra choice
Georgia and Florida, 22c; choice Georgia
and Florida, zoe; extra fine. 1sc; fine, nc;
common, 16c.
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, May 30.-Cattle: Receipts.
500; market steady to strong; beeves 81
@S.90, Texas steers $6.65@s.75, stool,
ers S5.75@S. cows and heisers s36OGD
7.80, calves SS@11.
Hogs: Receipts, 1000; market stron. 4.
and mostly 10c higher; light ss.5o05
$50, mixed ss.45@s.S0. heavy $s.20SD
O. .a7a, rough $500 q s.35, pigs $4,000
S.40 bulk of sales $s65@S.75.
Sheep: Receipts, 5000; mark eft STEADY
to loc lower native sheep s5.10@775,
yearlfngs S5.75M6.3 native lambs az ~
q @7.40. spring lambs 5000
Kansas City, May 30.-Hogs: Receints
1000; market higher; bulk sS.60@Sl75
heavy $S.60@S.65, packers and butchers
Ss.6S@S75. light $s.7O@S.75, pigs $50
@S v''''
Cattle: Receipts, 500. includinp ann
southerns; market strong; prime feo
steers SS.25@S.65, dressed beef steers
$H25 @s25 southern steers s5.75@75o
cows .50@710, heifers S6.506SIo
stocssrs s6,5O@s y ~ "
Sheep: Receipts 20OO; market weak
lambs s7@s $50. yearlings $500 4
wetners 5000 a g.. ewes $4@5.75. stock
ers and feeders s3.50@5.
st. Louis. May S0-Cattle. Raca,n+s
1900 including 1000 Texans; marx Of
steady; choice to firm steers AZ 5oSSo
good to choice steers s7.5ODe
dressed and butcher steers s5.75m7S So
stockers s5.25@ 7.5O. Texas steers Ak .,
@1fS, Texas cows and heifers s40p7
Hogs: Receipts $500; market higher.
pigs and lights $7@s.s0, mixed and
outchers $s.66@S.SO. good heavy ss'sO
sheep: Receipts 1900; market Iowar
uttons $5@5.75, yearlings s5.25@6.75
Louisville. May sO.-Cattle: Receints
125; market quiet; range s2.5O0s
Hogs: Receipts, 2100; market staad,,
range s4.5O@S45 s'eaoy'
Sheep; Receipts $500; lambs Ss =
Gown; sheep 5s down; strong demand
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Art of Trunk Marking

from the IlOu1sVI1Ie COURIER Journal
Persons who have seen the big piles
of trunks in the baggage rooms of the
great railway terminals have wondered
how the men in charge are able to pick
out the right trunk SO quickly when 1t is
called for. 1t is simple. The trunks are
placed in 10 sections, numbered from one
to 10. The third figure from the right
of the number of the baggage check de-
termines the classification. For example,
If the check number is 23,785, the trunk
is put in section 7.
The reason for using the third figure
from the end is this Suppose a man
checks four or five pieces of baggage at
the same time. He receives checks OF
which the numbers run consecutively
23,7S5-6-7-S-9, for example. The final fig
ure and the next to 1t change. but not
the third.
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New Orleans Rice Market.

New Orleans. May 3o-Rice strong. re-
celpts rough none; clean, 3259; millers.
none. sales: Rough Honduras, / at 4c:
Japan. 44O at 3Ma3Ac. Quotations. pn,,s,,
Honduras. 2.50G4. .25c; Japan, o.7501s sn,.. :.
clean Honduras. 4A@5ssc; Japan, 3KeI4c'
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
New Orleans, May ao.-spot cotton

New Orleans. May 30.--Spot cotton
quiet. unchanged; middling. 12 5-16c;
sales on the spot, SO bales; to arrive,
$50. Low ordinary, S15-16c nominal
ordinary, 9&e nominal; good ordinary,
IL sc; strict good ordinary. IL Is low
middling, IL &c; strict low middling,
II 2bc; middling, IL 5-16c; strict mid
ding, 12hc; good middling, 1211-16c:
strict good midding, 12Bc; middling
fair, 10 5-16c nominal; middling fair,
to fair, 13 11-16c nominal; fair, 41-16c
nominal Receipts, 1410; stock, 67,722.
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 45@50c I've, per pound, 15c;
fryers, 161ia lbs. average, 30c; fryers less
than / pound and over, III pounds aver
age, Csc; ducks. 14c pound; guineas,
soc; roosters, 30c; geese, 4OQ50c;
live turkeys. 1s@20c; fresh eggs. case can
died, 1Sia@20c; extra graded candled eggs,
c0c.
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Liverpool Grain

Liverpool May 30-Spot wheat
STEADY: No. Manitoba, IS Cd; No 2
Manitoba, IS 4d Futures quiet; July. IS
o74o; octoper' IS 4d. Corn spot steady:
xanel,can mixed new, 5s 1sd; American n
weston, 5s Sd; American mixed, new ti,n
dried 5s I'd. Futures quiet; july La
Plata, As l11sd September, La Plata ss
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, IL 15-16c
net receipts, Sol; gross receipts, sol; ship.
ments, 2Sl3; sales, 1881; stock 66l 06l.
Augusta: Quiet; middling, 12c; net re.
ceipts, 6l gross receipts, 81; shipments
705; sales Ill; stock, 1859
Memphis; Steady; middling, 12Sc; net
receipts, S24; gross receipts. 39S; ship
ments, 614; sales, 700; stock, 53.160.
st. Louis: Holiday; net receipts, 3d.
gross receipts, 374; shipments, 66l; stock
26,227.
Cincinnati: Holiday; stock 25, 7O3.
Little Rock: Quiet; middlng. 119sc; net
Louisville: Firm; middling, 12hc.
receipts, 63; gross receipts, 63 shipments
126: stock, 23,5l9.
Louisville Firm; middling, 12Ac; net
receipts, 1885, gross receipts, 1856; shipments
A. sales, POI; sales $50.
Greenvile: Quiet; middling, INC.
Total today: Net receipts. 1134; gross
receipts, 1852; shipments, 4423; sales, 2293
stock 22S, 1853.
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As yet no clue has been obtained which
would lead to the lentification of the un-
known white man who was found fatally
injured Monday, morning in Gate City.
Equally little light has been shed on his
or the motives of the crime.
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Weekly Cotton Review

New Orleans, May 30.-The net results
of the weeks trading in the cotton mar
ket were decline of u to q points. The
market was quiet and narrow the week
through. The high prices We're made on
Tuesday and the low prices on Thursday.
At the highest the trading months were
unchanged to 2 points down, compared
with last weeks close: at the lowest they
were Is to 23 points under last week $
close. The range was 10 to q points
The market was depressed chiefly by
good weather~and crop accounts. Much
bearsh talk was circulated regarding the
pending report on the condition of the
crop on May 20, but while estimates by
private bureaus were as high as 50, COM
pared with the 10 year average of 1913,
1t cannot be said that any great amount
of cotton was sold short on 1t. The holi-
days in the American markets at the end
of this week and the beginning of next
had the effect of restricting operations.
and on the whole bears preferred to cover
commitments rather than to enter into
new ventures.
Reports from the cotton belt indicated
that the crop was making satisfactory
progress as the result of the recent rains
and the somewhat higher temperatures.
There was still some complaint, however
of low night temperatures. Moderate
short selling from the interior was in
evidence. Against this was equally made
the buying for long account, which bull
ishly inclined traders an1 brokers said
was coming from spinners Who were
hedging against their future requirements
In the spot department prices lost lso
mddling closing at II 5-16c, against u 7-16c
last week and INC this week last year.
Sales on the spot amounted to 1863 bales
against 2742 last week and ego this week
last year. Sales to arrive amounted to
S35 bales. against 1889 last week and 600
this week last year.
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Coffee and Sugar

Coffee. Arbuckes, s22.1 per 100
pounds; Luzanne Csc per pound Sugar
STANDARD granulated. 4Ac per pound.
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Mastery Political Stroke

1t was a mastery political stroke. The
wavering senator, II there be such,
prompted by his own Wishes and by the
constant appeal of the lobby which he
might interpret as the voice of the peo-
ple," will get word from the real people
now, for the President has sent broadcast
all over the land the cry of alarm that
Washington has seldom seen so numer-
Gus. SO Industrious and so insidious a
lobby 1t is bound to have it's effect
and that effect will be to strengthen to
the administration forces and rally them
around the tariff fight.
The President denied emphatically that
he had been prompted to make this state
ment because of any fear that the Under
wood bill stood in any danger of being
mutilated by the Senate. His purpose
solely was to bring forcefully to the at
tention of the people the existence of the
anti-tariff lobby, which he said the press
of the country had failed to do
The President is relying upon the public
sentiment of the country to force into line
those democrats in Congress who are dis
posed to vote against certain schedules in
the bill
Many different views are expressed
upon the Presidents statement. Some
are disposed to criticise him. and declare
that 1t Is unfair to call the legitimate
business men of the country who come to
Washington in order to offer some pro-
test against the destruction of their bust
ness lobbyists. But on the whole the ma
jority commend what the President said,
and even from some republicans he has
been given words of praise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
We Are Concerned

Mr. Talbert. however, pointed out that
We are or should be greatly concerned
ahout these conditions. To whom did
Germany turn last fall and year ago
for funds with which to relieve her of her
embarrassments? She looked to the United
states. not entirely, but in great part,
and commanded large amounts of funds.
with much gold, being willing to pay al
most excessive interest or bonuses for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-31
German Exchange

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