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Produce

New York. December 4.--Butter firm and unchanged; receipts. 830. Cheese steady; receipts. 1l9S; state. whole milk, fresh, average fancy, 14s4@15c. Eggs ir- regular, unchanged; receipts, 3s19. Live poultry firmer; western chickens. 12d121sc: fowls, 12Q1315c; turkeys. 11@21c; dressed dull; western roasting chickens, 1411@17c; fresh fowls, 121z@17c; turkeys. 12G16c.
 St. Louis. December 4.-Poultry: Chick ems. 9G91ac; springs, 10G101Ac; turkeys, 14l5c; ducks 11dl2c; geese, 95zG101sc But ter: Creamery. 33c.. Eggs, 301h@Slc.
 Chicago. December 4.-Butter- easy, creamery. 24d32c. Eggs unchanged; re- ceipts. 6110. Potatoes unchanged; re- ceipts, 45. Poultry, alive unchanged.
 Kansas City, December 4.--Butter, eggs and poultry unchanged.
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HEAVY TRADE IS
 EXPECTED TODAY Lower Temperature Will Mean Heavier Sales-De- mand for Poultry Slack

The retail dealers of Birmingham have prepared for rushing business today, and cold weather is expected to increase the volume of sales.
 Fancy fruits tnd vegetables are in ex- cellent demand by the retail trade, and lew temperature Is expected to give added impetus to the sale of fresh meat prod ucts. Fish and oyster dealers are in readiness for the weekend demand. In the downtown section business in most lines is expected to reach a great volume today.
 The demand for poultry, however. is said to be somewhat slack at this time and the price of live hens has been re- duced to F cents, but the demand for eggs continues good.
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Fruits and Produce

Lemons-$3.50. Limes-75Q90c.
 Virginia Cabbage-2c lb. Northern Apples-Barrel, fancy. $sQ% Peanuts-61k@91ac Florida Oranges-$27 California Oranges, $225. Grape Fruit-s2. 75Q3.25. California Grapes-s2.75 per box. catawba Grapes-17c per basket Malaga Grapes-s5.5OQ per keg. Tomatoes-S3.25 per crate. Cocoanuts, S4 per sack. Cranberries-Per box, 8: per barrel. s7 Rutabagas-111c lb. Celery-S4.50..
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Prime Mercantile

New York, December 4.-Mercantile paper, 4h65 per cent: sterling eX change easy; 60-day bills, $4.S6. for cables, $4.88.65 for demand. s4.SS,23. bar silver, 49ssc; call money easy; high BIZ per cent; lower. 3h per cent, ruling rate, 3A per cent; closing bid, 3 per cent; offered at 3A per cent; last loan, SA per cent.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, December 4.-(Spe eialD Spot cotton was quoted here today as follows: Good middlins, 7c: strict mid ding, 6%c; middling. 615c; strict low mddling, 6c; low middling, 5ssc; strict good ordinary. 4tsc; good ordinary, 3Hc; market quiet.
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@61ac for Rio Is and 9& e 10c for San tos 4s. Offers of Santos As in the cost and freight market were reported at S.40@c, according to description.
 The Brazilian cables reported a de- cline of "a reis in Rio with Is quoted at $S.75, but Santos was unchanged and the rate o fexchange on London was isd higher. Brazilian port receipts, 52,000; Junliahy receipts, 10000.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, December 1.-The quota- tions on rice were unchanged today, while the market remained strong in rough and strong and active in clean Receipts, rough. 56IS; millers, 4696; clean. 2673. Sales, 303 sacks rough Honduras at 3@3. S5c; 6463 pockets clean Honduras at 43sG5isc; 2S11 pockets Japan at s21 1-l6@3 S-16c.
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Spot Cotton Market

New Orleans, December 4.-Spot cotton steady. Sales on the spot, 9s0; to arrive, 3640 Good ordinary, 11-16c; strict good ordinary, S-l6c: low middling, 11-16c; strict low middlng, 15-l6c; middling, 3-16c; strict middling, ' 7-16c: good mid ding 1s-l6c; strict good middling, 3-16c; receipts, 10,512; stock 239, 474.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago. December 4-Wheat No. red, $l .15lz@1.1 No. hard, s1 .15l2@1 .1714. Corn No. ? yellow, new, 64c. Oats. standard. 4SA@4S1zc. Rye, No. ?. $l 10d1. Il. Bar ley, 59975c. Timothy, 8. 75a5. 50. Clover, S12@14.50 Pork, s1650. Lard, $9.70. Ribs, 1269 .62 5-.s=sy s#z-s-
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, December 4.-Cotton seed oil was sharply higher, due to the strong crude situation, scarcity of pit offerings, firmer lard market and good support from bull interests. Final prices were 12 to IS points net higher Sales 11,600 barrels. Seed Is reported to be bringing $23 In the southeast. Prime crude, 4.S7@5c; prime summer yellow spot, 5.S5c: December, 5.S6c; January, cole; February, 6.11c; March, 6.21c; April, 629c; May, 6.46c; June. 6.50c; July. 661c: prime winter yellow. CLOG: prime summer white. 6.05c.
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Metal Market

New York, December 4.-Tin steady. Five-ton lots, 333.40033.S5; 25-ton lots, $S3.30@ 33.S5; electrolytic firm, s12S7@i 1900; casting. $1267@12.S7. Iron quiet and unchanged. At London spot copper, f56 Is Sd; futures, f56 Is Cd. Spot tin, f149 10s; futures, f147 los.
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Port Cotton Movement

New Orleans Middling, 3-16c; receipts, 10,512; exports, 16.522; sales. l62o; stock, 23s.174
 Galveston: Middling, 7ssc; receipts, H. S1O; exports. 2, 2,s3s; sales, 300; stock. 4o7 2se Mobile: Middling 7c; receipts. 56s; sales, 375; stock. H,230.
 Savannah: Middling. 71sc; receipts, H. 5lS; sales, 1755; stock, 217,245. Charleston: Middling, 7c; receipts, 25as; stock, 94.242.
 Wilmington: Middling, 7c; receipts, 11so; stock. 4s.664.
 Norfolk: Middling. 7c; receipts, s7es; sales. 1921; stock. 54.649
 Baltimore: Middling. 77sc; receipts, 1oS1 {: stock 4700.
 Boston: Middling. 75oc; receipts, p; ex- ports, 239s; stock. 5so2.
 Philadelphia Middling. 7.75c; receipts, 19s: stock 4506.
 New York: Middling, 7.50c; receipts, 7s: exports, 4906; stock, 80. .99s.
 Minor Ports: Receipts, 11,234; stock 5s, GOA.
 Total today: Receipts. 54.557; ex- ports. 46,725; stock, 1,255,as6. Total for week: Receipts. a44.411; ex- ports. 220,662
 Total for season: Receipts. BIOS, ,sss; exports. 1.47e4s5.
 Interior Cotton Movement Houston Middling, 7xc; receipts, 1S.o29; shipments. 1s.s60; sales. S064; stock, 153.6s3.
 Memphis: Middling, 7Hc; receipts, 1897; shipments, 3117 sales, 2000; stock. 246.10s.
 Augusta: MiddIing, 7M@7s s-1sc; re- ceipts. 23a4: shipments. 1920; sales, 1878; stock. 15S.573.
 St. Louis: Middling. 7Hc; receipts. 3404; shipments, 1861; stock. 35.796 Cincinnati: Receipts, 1923 shipments. 4S38; stock. 322S.
 Little Rock: Middling. 6Hc receipts, 1911; shipments, $40; stock, 47,1is. Total today: Receipts. S1,63S: ship ments. 31,0s6; sales, 1S.497; stock. 644,- s2s
 Liverpool Cotton Liverpool, December 4.-Cotton. spot, retail request prices easy; American middling fair, 5.27d good middiing, 4.61d middling. 4.35d; low middling. 3.S9d; good ordinary. 3.24d; ordinary. 2.79d; sales. 1000 bales, including 370O American and 500 for speculation and export; receipts. 40,SSs bales, fnclud- ing 36,16S American. Futures closed quiet and steady. May and June. 4.10kd; July and August. 41ed; October
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Flour and Breadstuffs

self-rising flour, s6.S5: Tennessee flour, $5.s5; Michigan flour, s6.95; Idaho fIour SS5; Indiana flour, ss5O; spring wheat flour. s6.40; hard winter wheat flour. s5.8o. shorts, $32; pure wheat bran, s2s: e S meal. 71a per cent. $25; cremo meal. ner ton, S22; c. s. hulls, g ton; No. timothy hay. per tor. $24; mixed alfalfa and John. son grass. per ton. SIS; pea green diff fla western $2b; mixed feed. per ton, ssl: oats. per bushel. 6oc; corn. per bushel, ssc; cornmeal, $1.70 per 96 pounds.
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Creamery Producfa

Creamery Butter-22G354c; process but ter, BOG; oleomargarine, 1692Sc. Full Cream Cheese-17c; imported Swiss
 S3c; Pimento. doz., $1.36
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Spot Cotton Market

New Orleans, December 4.-Spot cotton quotations today were: Savannah, 7isc; Charleston, 7c; Norfolk, Sc; Augusta, 7ls@ 3-16c; St. Louis, 7Ac.
 New Orleans. December 4.-Cotton fu- lures opened quiet; January. 7.10c; March, 7.20c; May, 740c; July, 7.5Sc; October, 7.7Sc.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, December 4-Wheat. No. hard, s10sd1.o91 No. red, s1.0s@1 .09. Corn, No. mixed, 62@62Ac No. white. 62@62l4c. Oats. No white. 47Q471ac; No. mixed, 43645c.
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Live Stock Market

NnlcaeO. DectnlDeT f.-f1O6s. RtCtlPtb 21, GOO; market higher. Bulk. $6.70q7. .15; light. s6. .4od7 .2O mixed, $6 65@7 .35; heavy $6. 6507 .25; rough, $6 65d6S0; pigs. $4@7
 Cattle: Receipts, POGO; market steady Native steers, s. .70Q10. 50; western, $5. .25Q 8. 50; cows and heifers. 8. 25dS 60; calves, s6. .75G9.75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 16.000; market weak Sheep, 8. 2o@s.15; yearlings, $6.25@7. .35; lambs $6 50as. .S5.
 cefpts,. 370o; market higher. Bulk, $6.SOd 7.10; heavy, $S.95@7 Is; light, $6s097 10; pigs. $6dc.35.
 Cattle: Receipts, zoo; market steady. Prime fed steers. $9 50Q10. 50; dressed steers, s7 251s 50; western, $7d9.25 south ern steers. $5.bOG7 .25; cows, A.7b@7. 25; heifers, $6QS.75
 Lambs. $ .25@6 .75: yearlings, $6.25q7 50; wethers, s 25a6 25: ewes, $4.50a5.35.
 St. Louis December 4.-Hogs: Receipts, s9Oo: market higher. Pigs and lights, $6G ' 20; mixed and butchers, $7@7 .45; good heavy, $7.15057. 45.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1soo market higher. Native reef Steers, N.50@10. "a: cows and heifers, S5@9.25 Texas and Indian steers, $5. .75Q7. .75; cows and heifers, $4Q6; native calves, $60D10.50 Sheep: Receipts, ,2S0o; market steady. Native muttons s4.75@55o; lambs, $SQs.so; yearlings, $5.5O@7 25 Sugar Market New York, December 4.LRaw sugar, easy; molasses, 3.24c; centrifugal S5Sc; refined. quiet.
 Wool Market
 Boston, December 4.-While there has been fair amount of activity in the Boston wool market during the week, the volume of business accomplished has hardly been as large as 1t was week ago. Prices. nevertheless. have been very firmly maintained on everything. Secured medium wools have been in very good re- quest at firm rates.
 Advices from the primary markets indi- cate a fairly steady market for cross- breds, slightly easier. in New Zealand but little stronger late this week in South America. where prices eased a bit earlier in the week.
 Missouri:A Three-eighths blood, 27@2Sc quarter blood, 26M@Nc: braid, 24@25c
 Kentucky and similar: Half blood, un- washed, 2s@29c; three-eighths blood, un- washed, 2Sc; quarter blood. u0Washed. ,21 02sc.
 Secured basis: Texas-Fine, 12 months 56Q6Sc; fine eight months. 63064c.
 Naval Stores
 Savannah, December 4.-Turpentine firm. 441kc,, sales. 96; receipts. 462; shipments. 290; stocks. S3,559. Resin firm sales, 661 receipts. 1886; shipments, 325: stock. 12s,- 172. Quote: A, B. $3.25; c. D. $3.27}z: F, g. .21k@3. 30: F, G. $3.3003. .16; H. g. .357 40; I. g. 4O0s 50: K. $l; M, N.55;<N. S.26; VIC. s5.eo; wv. sb.so.
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Fish

Perch-Smc. Salt Water Trout-I0612c. Blue Catfish-7hc. Red Snapper-S1sd9c. Gray Snapper-6Q6c. Mullet-5ha6c. Spanish Mackerel-121kc pound. Fresh Pompano-2O02hc Delaware Oysters-Standards 31.1S gal. lon; selects. $l.45 per gallon. Gulf Oysters-$303. 50 per 1000.
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St. Louis Grain

St Louis, December 4.-Wheat, No. 2 red N 131sG1 .141s; No. hard. sl.1511 IS. Corn, No. ?, 641ac; No. white, 63c. Oats, No 2, 471kc: No white 49c
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Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York, December 4.-Closing Mercantile paper, 4h @5 per cent; sterl- Ing exchange easy, 60-day bills. s4.s6; for cables $4.SS.50; for demand. $4,ss.15. Bar silver, 49ssc
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Closing Stock List

New York, December 4.-Followins are the final prices of stocks as issued by the stock exchange committee to- day:
 Beet Sugar, 27A American Can, 2sA American Cotton oil. 331s American Smelting pfd, 97; American Sugar, 1O1 American Tel & Tel, IT; Atchison. 90; Bethlehem Steel, 42 Brooklyn Rapid Transit S65s; Canadian Pacific, 1856; Central Leather. 3315; Chesapeake & Ohio, 42s St. Paul. S4; Denver, 4; Den yer pfd. 91s Erie first, 32; General Electric 1371s; Illinois Central, 10s # fnter-Met.. 11%; Harvester. alh; Le- nigh Valley. 125 Lead, 40 N. Y. Gen. tral S1; New Haven, 51A Norfolk & Western 9s; Northern Pacific, e8; On ,ario & Western, 19A; Pennsylvania l05: Reading. 13S; Southern Pacific S3M Union Pacific. 113H; Union Pacific pfd f7hc; Utah Copper, 46: Western Union 11A Texas Oil, 125@135.
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Hides and Tallow

Green salt hides. 15@1sc; green salt hides (half cured), 14Q15c; green hides. (fresh), 13G14c; dry flint hides, 27@2sc; dry salt hides, 25Q26c; damaged hides, half price; sheep skins 25Q6oc: horse hides $2G3; sherlings. 15Q25c; goat skins, 30QS5c; kid skins. 10c: tallow, 506c: beas. wax, 2S@30c; washed wool, 26Q2Sc: clear unwashed wool. 17022c; bury wool 1e612c: ginseng. N0o06.oo.
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New Orleans Futures

New Orleans, December 4.-Cotton futures closed steady at a net loss of 1 point
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Spot Cotton
The Iron Market
Poultry and Eggs

Live turkeys. 16c; dressed turkeys. 1sc. Fryers-1A-11f lbs. average, 15c. Ducks-15c lb. Guineas-30c.
 Roosters-35c. Geese, 75d90c.
 Eggs-candled. 23c; extra graded can dled, soc; candled carton eggs, soc.
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New York Eufures

New York, December 4.-Cotton fu- lures closed steady.
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Eros. & Co.

hanover Square, N. Cotton Exclla nge. Exchange. New knge, Associate on Association.
 purchase and \n Seed Oil for \ettention and
 kslgnnsAnts of
 Coeresponde
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Coffee Market

New York, December 4-The coffee market was steadier today on reports If continued firmness in the cost and md freight situation, expectations of oullish worlds statistics for the month If November, European buying and covering by December shorts. The opening was unchanged to 10 points higher and the market closed net un- hanged to 14 points higher. December, i.54c; January, 5.59c; February. 5.64c; March, 5.69c; April, 5.76c; May, 5.S5c; se.. 69c; July, 660c; August, 6.69c;
 nSuzSc; October, 65sc; No
 It was steady at 6ss
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GOLF TOURNEY

Pinehurst. N. C., December 4-C. l.. Becker of Auburndale. Mass. and Robert Hunter of Stamford, Conn. will meet to- morrow in the final round for the first division trophy of the eleventh annual au- tumn golf tournament here
 Becker today won from Stuyvesant Ie- roy of Newport, R. l., four up and three to play. This morning he defeated T. J. Moran of Providence. R. l.. by the same score
 Hunter defeated Samuel Beekman of Providence, up and 3 to play this after noon, and Frank Rhea of Washington. 6 up and to play, in the morning round.
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New York Spot Cotton New York, December 4.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, uplands. 7.50c; gulf 7.7oc. No sales.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, December 4-Weekly cotton statistics: Total forwarded to mills. S0,- 7s6 bales, of which 1863 were American. Stock, 737, GOO; American, 459.0o0 Imports, 1Ss, 900: American. 109, 900. Exports, 595S.
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New York. December 4.-Cotton opened steady; December, 6.9sc; January. 1.1lc, February. 7.15c; March, 735c; April. 7.42c; May, 7.4Sc; July, 7.64c; october. 7.SOc.
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Meats

Extra Ribs--12c.
 Bellies-20-25c: 12iac. Boston Butts-111ac. Pork Loins-121ac. Breakfast Bacon-231hc. Spare Ribs-11c.
 Regular Hams-16c. Skinned Hams-16c.
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Hubbard Brothers Letter New York, December 4-(Special)
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Dry Goods Market

New York, December 4-Cotton goods markets were quiet today. Worsted yarns were firm. Wool was very firm and prices were rising. Silks were quiet. Jobbers were reported to be buy ing little more freely
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unhald Baseball Law

Uphold Baseball Law Baltimore, December 4.-The validity of the Baltimore city ordinance prohibiting Sunday baseball was upheld today by the Maryland court of appeals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-11
STATE FARMERS NOT EXCITED OVER WAR
Movement on Foot to Store Cotton Until Better Prices
 Are Obtainable

Anniston, August 1o-tSpecial.)- )-"The farmers of Alabama are not excited over the war in Europe" said O. P. Ford, president of the Alabama Farmers Edu- cational and Cooperative union. who has just returned from a tour of south Ala bama. He returned to his home at Me- Fall Sunday
 One hundred and fifty farmers of Henry county voluntarily signed an agree ment last week to refrain from having any cotton ginned during the months of August and September" said MT. Ford and in this state, at least, they are going to heed the injunction of congress to stand firm. ''
 There are movements on foot all over the state. he said, to build cotton ware houses where necessary In order to store the cotton and hold it without its being ginned in order to keep the price from going down. In addition to keeping up the price, he said, this will also improve the crop, as when stored with the seed the lint absorbs the oil, enhances in value and does not deteriorate.
 President Ford was present at the Boys Corn club meeting in Auburn on last week and says that the meeting was largely attended He says that he ex- poets the largest attendance in the his- tory of the organization at the ninth an- nual convention of the Alabama organiza- tion, which will be held at Birmingham on August 1921.
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ADVANCE IN WHEAT 1S NOT MAINTAINED Following Reaction From Top Prices Close
 Unsettled

Chicago. August 1o-Although war fever today sent the wheat market higher than has been known since the crisis began, the trade was shoht of what would a normal aggregate, and it did not take much selling to bring a reaction from top prices The close was unsettled at 2M2isc above Saturday nights level May wheat at the climax of the rise touched $l111s; | corn finished at a net decline of n2sse; |boats off 14a1zc and provisions irregular, 4janging from DOC loss 10 rise of 17l1c. " Filing up of the domestic visible supply of wheat tended to sober buyers who had been eheered by plans of British and Belgian government guarantees against War risks on ocean shipments of grain and flour.
 It was nervous and cratic market in corn. The trade was governed chiefly . by the fact that country selling had in creased Profit taking by longs was the main feature of the oats trade. Realizing sales by holders of pork and ribs more than offset big advances due to hog prices being at the highest point since 1910. Lard was inconstant demand.
 Future quotations were as follows:
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GRAIN SHIPMENT ABROAD STOPPED
American Exporters Turn Deaf Ear to Plea of
 England and Belgium

New York. August o.-Notwi,hstandinz Relblum's and England's 5 appeal for bread American exporters may ship no moro grain to each country for sometime as the result of meeting today of the North American Grain Dealers association committee of five. 10 be appointed by the associations president was empow- cred to take isuch measures as may he necessary to protect tho interests of ship pers in all matters affected by the pros- ent war"
 Whether shipments ut grain should con- tinue on contracts made before the war was the subject of vigorous protest by the Liverpool Corn Trade association. which had received reports that further shipments on such contracts would not be made. Liverpoors representatives told dealers that they had the assurance of the bankers that exchange would be nearly normal within week. If all American dealers should refuse 10 ship grain. they said, they would be working against the common good. Nevertheless. many of the American dealers felt that the unforeseen conditions warranted the cancellation of contracts made prior to the beginning of hostilitfes.
 iioSliltlcS III furopet rcAC the pre- ambe to the resolution. authorizing the appointment of the committee. 'hesides creating wholly abnormal conditions which render generally impossible the performance by buyers of the obligation of pre-existing contracts for tho ship ment of grain to the countries at war and the ports of certain adjacent coun- tries, also effectually prevent such ship ments."
 Two urgent appeals by cable from the Belgian minister of War to American for grain were transmitted to the Bel gian consul here, In the first dis patch tho Belgian Secretary of War re- quested the consul to notify the dealers that England assured safe passage of grain-laden vessels across the Atlantic and that payments for wheat were guaranteed by the Belgian government. The second cable. more imperative in it's tone, read in part
 Do make energetic efforts to induca wheat exporters to execute contracts"
 Both cable dispatches were sent today from Brussels.
 John Bassett Moore, formerly counsel Tor to tho state department. was selected as counsel to the committed The as- sociation will meet again next Wednes- day
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EIGHT GOVERNORS OF ALABAMA
 lSH-1901
No. 135-Mr. Bryan in Alabama
 Joseph F. Johnston, Governor

and Illinois was generally believed to have given that ticket the majority in
 the electoral college of those states and thus have secured It's election. Dis bursement of the Hanna fund was eer- tainly made. The money was spent. MT. Bryan after the election made
 occasional visits to Alabama. to be re- ceived always with marked evidences of public enthusiasm. Nothing deterred by his defeat. however effected. he at once
 organized the National Silver league.
 A chapter appeared in Alabama, the president Mir. John W. Tomlinson of
 Birmingham.
 While Bryan pursued his course in
 this country, he was encouraged by the signal failure of the bi-metallis com
 mission sent by Congress to represent the United States in the commercial centers of western Europe. ostensibly seeking to create there public demand
 for the use of both gold and silver as primary money.
 Bryan had foretold this failure. Mir. Tomlinson, his lieutenant in Alabama. encouraged by the leader. organized a livery considerable league. 1t was re- solved that a great dinner be given by
 the league at Birmingham. Leading sil-
 yer 'loons" from all parts of the state
 were in attendance Among the notable post prandial speeches was that of otdlt GtndtoI iAuSStli thhiittit htih,
 The orator congratulated the state that
 the democratic organization had elemt-
 mated by absorption the populsts. We
 have got them and we will keep them he said in his usual vehement tone. Following the dinner, State President Tomlinson fixed a day for the organi-
 zation of subchapters of the league in all the counties. On that day he went in person to Livingston to attend the Sumter county meeting.
 While the democrats were rejoicing at the return of the populists. one by one, to their rangs. certain populists, 'unreconciled, held a meeting at Bir- mingham, ostensibly with the purpose to restore their disbanded organization. Meantime the organ of the party. the weekly Peoples Tribune. was sold by Captain Kolb to Col Philander Morgan. and by him soon disposed of and dis continued.
 The meeting, however, nominated Dr. Granular R. Grove for Congress from the Ninth district. really to effect q fusion with the republicans,
 The popularity of the administration of Governor Johnston. the unprecc- dented output of gold from South Africa and Alabama. and the continuing work of MT. Bryan extinguishing the lines between the dominant factions of the democracy and the populists.
 JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE