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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Increased Activities
In New York Stocks
Cheers Spectators
Upturn Late Friday inspires Better
misunderstanding still
Professional.

NEW YORK, March 21.-Speculatiye
sentiment, while mixed. was more cheer
fully disposed at to-day's short ses-
sion as a result Of the increased ac-
tivity and strength of the stock mar
ket in yesterdays closing hours. Fri
days upturn was largely the outcome
Of short covering following professional
activities but any break in the monot-
ony is relief, and the recovery en-
couraged the hope of an improving mar
ket
No change was observable in the
character OF the dealings. which were
professional, and commission houses
reported no enlargement of public In
terest. Profit taking impaired irregu-
larity 10 the list, and some Of the early
improvement was lost In the latter half
OF the session. Central Leather was a
strong feature Of the industrial division
while Steel was heavy on the unfaVor-
able trade reports. STANDARD railway
issues were inconsiderably changed in
either direction.
Commercial agencies in their weekly
reviews of trade conditions we're in
practical agreement that irregular and
hesitant conditions are manifestlng
themselves In various departments of
Industrial activity, but aside from basic
iron and steel the situation can scarce
ly be described as unsatisfactory.
Bank clearances give no striking indi-
cation Of industrial contraction. and, in
fact for the entire country they eN-
panded sS4,199,000 for the week, or
about 81 per cent.
No important change was noted IN
monetary affairs either here or abroad,
and local interest was chiefly concern
ed with the changes In the weekly bank
statement
Stock quotations and net change:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
RESERVE CITY /
BANKERS LIKE
FEDERAL LAW
Association Closes Convention by
Passing Resolutions Offering
Aid in Organization System,

CINCINNATI, March 31.-With the
selection of Louisville as the meeting
place in 1915 and the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year, the third
annual convention of the Association
of Reserve Bankers came to a close
here to-day. The officers elected are:
Edward Setter. vice president Of the
Fifth Third National Bank of Cincin-
natl, president; vice president, Thomas
Hill cashier Of the National Bank of
Commerce of Baltimore directors, II. D.
Ormsby. vice president of the National
Bank of Louisville; J. l.. Williamson,
president of the Irving National Bank
Of New York: c. Il. Shaw, OF the
Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia,
That the new Federal reserve bank
law is satisfactory was the consensus
of opinion.
A resolution to he forwarded to Sec
rotary Of State Bryan was passed, de-
claring;
After discussing and considering the
various sections of the Federal reserve
act governing the handling of items,
we heartily indorse the act and believe
that its effect will be beneficial as
whole. We most respectfully offer the
services of our members to the organi-
zation committee and the Federal re-
serve board to assist them in estab-
fishing and inaugurating the various re-
serve banks.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
BEARS COVER As
SENATORSF|CHT
FOR GRADE BILL
Agitation Against Speculative
Trading on N. Y. Exchange
Changes Trend of Prices.

MEMPHIS, March 2t-That the
bears in the cotton market have pref
ty well discounted influences favor
ing that side OF speculation appears
from developments OF the past week.
There has been manifest concern
among the traders who have for
some time been resting easy on the
short side. and many Of them have
covered their exposed positions. Out
side participation in the market has
continued limited, which has prevent
ed any large advance in values,
though sentiment has undergone a
change. Several reasons have been
popular with those trying to explain
the change in the trend Of prices
one that has found favor is that
the agitation against speculative trad
ing, especially through the contract
In vogue in New York, has had a ter
dency to encourage covering, for there
has be IN a tightening of the rules AZ
to the acceptance of low grades Cor
delivery on contracts. The large
amount OF cotton shipped to that cen
ter which has been rejected by the
classification committee directed at
tention to the fact that differences
between contract prices there and
those ruling in the South for the aC-
tual SUN were large ana tnaI II
would be practically impossible to
protect short sales other than by buy
ing them back in the open market. 1t
has also been limited that the turning
of the light on methods used by the
large spot concerns in their efforts to
depress prices resulted in a c,.ange of
plans, lest adverse legislation be given
boost.
There was also a recognition on the
part of the shorts of the strength il
the spot department. The lower grades
were also gaining in favor and were
being taken by the spinners.
The report of the Census Depart
ment showed that in the United States
during February mills used up 455. 000
bales of cotton. compared with 44S, 900
for the same period in 1918, and that
stocks in the hands OF spinners were
smaller than then. Nearly a million
more spiLdles were in operation than
year ago. Exports to foreign coun-
tries were also much lager than for
the same period last year.
The uncertainty as TO what the final
ginning report would be acted all the
week as a restraining influence on
buying. The rather unfavorab.e
weather for new Crop progress also
was a factor that encouraged con-
servative policy among the bears. IN
this connection the report that foreis IN
spinnerS and traders were credited
with buying more freely + the new
crop options was regarded a s signlii-
cant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
News and Notes
OF Grain Crops
BY JOSEPH F. PRlTcHARp.

CHICAGO, March 21.-A bull mar
ket in wheat seems to be as far from
being seen as was the case q week or
two ago. There are men in the trade
who are talking bullish, but they are
not willing to b"y line Of any of the
futures and wait for a profit, In case
of a crop scare coming to the front in
the next few weeks, which is not UNI
likely, there will he many to invest in
wheat, and the offerings would doubt
less dry up for a time. Under pres
ent crop conditions, the sailing of the
bulls may be called rough. Some of
the larger spectators here are car
rying little of the May future In
the expectation that conditions Sur
rounding the crop must change. The
fact that Kansas was becoming dry
in some sections and that duststorms
we're reported encouraged the holders
no little, but their expectations cul-
minated when the snow at mid
week covered the plant of nearly all
of Kansas and part of the other
states in the winter wheat belt.
a.
The bears in wheat have had any
thing but an easy time OF late, as
they carried the selling too far and
this has resulted in their being forced
to cover their outstanding contracts
at losses Conditions surrounding the
wheat market are abnormal The
cash situation is fiat. The crop out
look is excellent and the, foreign de-
mand is SLOW, unless prices favor
buyers
The corn market will pivot on the
cash situation for 4 time at least
Argentina has again invaded the
United States and during last week
the sales from that country were said
to be nearly 100000 bushels. This
corn was sold at prices and for ship
ment to suit the buyers. II is now
believed that with cheap tonnage at
Argentina and a large crop OF that
grain. coupled with inadequate stor-
age facilities. the offerings will con-
tinue enormous and that the corn will
be sold al a price below that asked by
the holders Of this country. no matter
how much the decline may be here.
some OF the best judges Of coudi-
lions in the West are advising their
! friends to put out short July corn, as
they believe that with the spring
farm work at an end, lower prices
viii be seen The cash trade ri Chit
/ caeo is small and there are no signs
OF any Improvement.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

Corn Again Leader
In the Grain Mart
Cutting Down Losses as
Prices Fall.
BY JOSEPH r. PRITcHARD.

CHICAGO, March 2i.-Corn was again
the leader in the grain markets on the
Board of Trade to-day, and, while
prices were off only &c to nc, the
losses would have been greater had not
shorts come into the market in order to
secure profits. The volume of business
was on large scale, with every con-
Germ in the trade and every available
broker pressed into business to fill the
orders. Cash corn at Chicago was re-
ported as unchanged to 1Ac lower Peo-
ria was off 1sc to 1c and st. Louis
which has been so buoyant of late, re-
ported loss of &c to 4c.
The situation in wheat seems to be
growing heavier day by day and price
losses to-day were &c to sc. As in
corn. there was good buying by shorts
who were willing TO accept small profits
but there was an almost entire absence
Of demand on investment account A
feature of the wheat situation to-day
was the sale of five boatloads of new
crop No. hard winter for export
oats were heavy. along with the other
grains, and showed losses of &c to sac
Cash sales were small at $4,000 bushels
Grain quota tiOns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
TONE IS STRONG
IN NEW ORLEANS
COTTON MARKET
Liverpool Weakness Has No
Effect = Bear Sentiment
Wanes-Spots Quit,

NEW ORLEANS, March 2l.-Despite
rather disappointing Liverpool, to-
days cotton market exhibited a de-
cidedly strong undertone. Opening
about unchanged from Fridays closing
level, prices gradually improved as the
result Of nervous shorts covering over
Sunday
The weather map showed another Sc
we're cold wave approaching the belt
which it was thought, would still fur
Their retard the preparations for the new
crop, already backward as compared
with last year.
on the advance to 1874 for May CON
tracts and 1858 for July contracts re-
cent buyers appeared anxious to take
profits. There was some fresh buying
by the outside public, however, and the
price level was we'll maintained until
the close, which showed a net gain for
the day of s points on the old crop
positions and points on the new crop
months.
Bearlshness Evaporstes.
Spots were officially reported quiet
and unchanged. Sales amounted to 800
bales Of spots and l,569 bales TO arrive
on the basis of 10 3-l6 for middlinS.
With the publication Friday of the
Census Bureaus final ginning figures
for the present season, showing less
than 100000 bales actually glnned'
exclusive of linters, the bearish sentl-
lnenL WHICH udQ ItCcAiAiS ohNti 80
the market rapidly evaporated. Some
OF the leading operators on the floor OF
the local exchange who had been eN-
pecting a much larger showing at once
began to change their position in the
market, resulting in a sharp enhance
ment in values. 80,
New York attempted to stem the tlde
of bullish sentiment that developed IN
this market Immediately following the
publication of the report, but peaflSh
endeavor in that quarter met with only
Spot situation Strong.
The spot situation is now stronger
than it has been any time this session,
many exporters having held off filling
their March commitments in the nope
that the final ginning report would pc
bearish and would cause a break III
values ~, -. -
All of these commitments Will have 10
he filed between now and the end 81
the month. spot dealers have 10 pc
filled between now and the end OF the
month. and spot dealers locally are
wondering where the available COTTON
of suitable grades will be found. WIN
every advance in futures spots adVanCe
nroportionately. so that futures are sun
running at a deadly discount unoer inc
actual article. +tirg
The situation appears 10 De setelnS 7
strained and an explosion OIL suhle 81
in the near future in the way OF an du-
vance in the price is nearly que
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. March 2l.--Hogs: Receipts
II. 600 market steady; mixed and butch
ers. S50uS.9O; good heavy, S75aS. go
rough heavy. S5OmS.75. light. S60gS SIS
pigs. 6S5GS4O: bulk. S75aSS5.
Cattle. Receipts. 100; market steady;
hecves. 700M9 so: cows and helfers, SO
al s 20. stockers and feeders, 670Q Z 90
Texans. 6,60HS.G0; calves, 750U9.00
ST. LOUIS. March 2i-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, 225. including 100 Southerns
market steady. native beef steers z SC
u9.e5, native cows and heifers. 4s5G
SIS. stockers and feeders. 500MS 90
calves, 5000 So Texas steers. 5.75G
S 90. cows and heifers. 40Oa66S
Hogs Receipts, $500; market 81
lower. mixed. S.15nSq5. good. SS5d
100. rough. Se5GS50. lights. SS0dS.g5,
pigs. 7.00aS25, hulk SS0u $50
sheep: Receipts ESQ: muttons $3.50
SIS; ycarlings. 5756125. lambs. 700 q
1.65. Market steady.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Senator Wins Grain
BillFight, ThenLOses

WASHINGTON March 2l,-Atter inc ne
he senate i'm several years Senator
M Nc of North Dakota to-day sue lo;
ceeded in having his bill for tedefai
inspection of grain confirmed in lts po-
sftion as unfinished business, only TO
have it displaced at the last minute by
a skiIlfuI move on the part of the SEN
ators who did not want the bill to come
senator McCumber had repeatedly
minated that they were AFRAID 10 20
On record on the bill, as the only. OPP
nosition IL had in the country was from
The Chicago Board of Trade and other
similar organizations
Senator McCumber has been trying
for ten years to get the Senate to go
on record on his bill.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
cuRR ouOrArlnNs-

NGW YORK, March 3l-The trading
on the curb market to-day was moder-
Fluctuations in the oil issues were ir-
regular. Close: Bay state Gas. %nte
British American Tobacco. 2SaGSti
1900 Riker- Hcgeman, gAG9ia; Stand
ard Oil 1904 bid; IS British Col. n a.
Davis DAILY. 1&ul7s, GirouN, tN1E
Greene Cananea S6W IS. 100 Kerr Lake,
- n4st 100 LsRose. 14sa1%. 1900
Mex bar. 75@77 100 Nipissing. 6is a.
Ga, Ohio Copper 2s0is. 1880 Tono-
pah, l'sue; United Copper. isQSs
United Copper preferred, SU5; Yukon
Gold, 3H3is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
BUSINESS To IMPROVE
IF CONGRF!GG| |GTFNG tn
WILSON, FORBES SAYS
Immediate Action Is Required to
Check Transmission Of American
Capital to Foreign Countries as a
Result of the Present Uncertainty.
BY B. G. FORBES.
Business is you.

NEW YORK, March 21.-Capta is you Business is you.
Even big business is you
And do you know IN beginning question whether the
Government treating you wisely whether is making it easier
harder for you TO get and keep empomen whether its lat
day calculated bring prosperity proong
the depression has far characterized the the
present administration.
Look aromd-read the newspapers and you many,
many idle and starving families You the rail
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURss.
8 + ! Il 8 Il
Mi 12.97i309II2 81 [ 8. 0bI 1S 06- 0S II. 80 "a
Ap ....l....I.. ..-..l 70 40 so 2. % 30
My .. 80 2 80 LEO 1897 ~ % % 1913 20
Ju ....I....l l.....D12.07- 10 II 81 80
Jul M 961 03 l. 80 H. 03I 2 o. 03 II "a 95
Au II 1911 S2'1l. IN so / | $685. II II rs
Sp ....I..... iii. So "a II. Al 40
Oc In 4411 4SIll 42ltl All II. 47-4SI AZ
De IN ALL 52ll1 ALL So / / SO So as 40
ia III 49, II 46l II. 42I III. IL 40 "A
Closed steady.
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

higher on March and unchanged To l
point higher on other positions. this
market opened steady, at net advance
Of >. Co 81 points. Al the close the
March and unchanged to y point high
er ON other positions from Friday
close.
spot cotton quiet and unchanged at
= OSd sales. 5000 bales including 5000
American bales; speculation and export.
500 bales.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
NEM voRk hANk sTArEMENr.

NEW YORK. March 3l-The weekly
statement ~ the New York Associate,
Banks shows the following changes
Average statement.
Excess cash reserve, S2S,7lS, SOC; in
crease. SS.3t9O00
Loans decrease So eos 600
Specie. increase. SIS, 943, 600
Legal tenders, decrease $95A000
Net deposits. increase, Sl40S4 600
Circulation, decrease, S22S.000
Actual statement:
Loans increase. s.. 10000
Specie. increase SIS. SIS 000
Legal tenders, decrease $59S 600
Net deposits. increase. SiS.6T1 GOO
Reserve, increase, $3.50 $50
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

NEW YORK. March 2l--Bar silver I'm
london to-day was lie higher at
YORK price was IS higher at SIS Mex
lean dollars. 4his "a t5is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK March - Posted
rates. Sterling exchange. ASa04SI,
with actual business In bankers bills
at 1855 for demand and 4S450 for 60
DAY bills.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

NEW YORK. March 21.-The domes-
tic sugar market was unchanged to-
day The European feature of the
market was steady and unchanged az
o. 2itd Tor May ana April, and rs So
for May
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
RICE MARKET.

NEW ORLEANS, March 2i.-The lo-
cal market for clean rice continues "a
rule steady on both Honduras and la
pan Quotations On the leading grades
follow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts al
the ports to-day compared with Inc
same day last year:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
cnrrnN SEED OIL.

NEW YORK, March 21--The cotton
seed oil market advanced sharply dur
ing the early trading on covering of
shorts and new buying on the strength
In crude market, but near the close
prices eased off slightly under realiz-
ing and hedge selling by reiners. Close:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
NEM YoRk coEFEE MARKET

Crude. 6.S1u6.sO
Closed barely steady; sales $500 bar
rels,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

AS for jhe Interstate Commerce
Commissioners, their conception of
their duties latetrly has been piN-
headed. blind and disastrous. Had
they been animated -heing Repuhj
can nominees by desire TO wreck
the Democratic administration they
fective course.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 2l,--The volume
of business in coffee was narrow and
prices showed unimportant changes
The market closed unchanged to 5
points higher after transactions Of Il, $50
hays
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22
Grain quotations:
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO, March 21.-Wheat, No. 2
red, 94% g95; No: 3 red oSla @941s; No
hard winter, 92% Q9S; No. 3 hard win
ter, g2A tg9219: No. l Northern spring
9612 q97; No. 2 Northern spring. 94M96
No. spring, 9214Q 94h.
Corn, No. 3, 6512 @661a; No. white,
67!a 46S15; No. 3 yellow, &c; No. 4. 60
@64A.
oats, No. 2 white. AZ; No 8 white,
$Sk @39% No white. S9I4; standard,
4014 Q4014.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
LIVERPOOL. March 21-Wheat
closed unchanged to ed lower
Corn opened sd lower.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

Following are receipts for Saturday
and estimated receipts for Monday.
Saturday ! Monday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-22

NAVAL STORES.
NEW YORK March Gt-The naval
stores market was generally unchanged
TODAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
Something About Tapestries

The word tapestry" needs to be de- fined, for it may mean anything from fig ured furniture covering to carpets, a writ CT in Scribners states. Tapestry, as the word Is here used, is a pictured fabric. woven by an artisan on hand-loom, in which the design forms the cloth and is not worked upon basic tissue. The de- sign itself is painted by an artist, and the loom, either upright or horizontal, has altered but little from prehistoric times to the present. The difference in the tapestries through the ages lies in the dyes. in the design and in the talent of those who translate the drawings in weav- ing. The species of stitch alters not and belonds to all peoples--Asiatic, European. aborignes of North and South AmerHca.
 For those who would be quickly wise in general classification of old tapestry it may be said loosely that three great periods of design and weaving dominate the history of the art. First. the primi- tive or gothic; next, the renaissance. and then that florescence of decorative design which belongs more peculiarly to France ir the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- ries. As these three great periods of arr tistic development prevailed all over the Christian world in all varieties of art one can, by using this simple key, arrive all most instantly at the century to which a tapestry belongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
Secret of Popularity
By ADA PATTERSON

"I am not interested in the war" said young woman and straightway her popularity stock went down 95 per cent Perhaps I have underestimated the loss. It may have been 100 per cent.
 It is always unpopular to be unin- terested. Nothing more quickly makes an enemy than a wandering eye during personal recital No matter if the delivery be dull. No matter if the story be long. The first commandment in the social decalogue is "be inter- ested''
 But the young woman who asserted that she was not interested in the pros pect of war of seven nations that should plunge Europe into a sea of blood made more than a mere social error. She offended every lover of hu- manity who was within hearing dis tance. Everyone present wrote her down in his mental notebook as one of the frog folk and as soon as he had made civil adieus set about forgetting her as we seek to do something 1t is unpleasant to remember.
 The girl might have said: "The though of war Is so horrible that it is positive physical pain to me-" and every man and women present would have agreed with her It would have every man and woman present would have shown herself human But that she was not interested when millions were at the point of embroiling them- selves in carnage, when lives would be lost and hearts and homes broken and fair lands ravaged and fortunes de- stroyed, disclosed that she was of the frog kind and stirred . sense of aver sion in all who heard.
 20 he interestsd is to live. To bs