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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
WHEAT PIT TURNS
 NFAvOROF BULLS
Too Much Rain in Spring Crop States Responsible.
 1-S@5-Sc Advance

Chicago. June 1s.-Too much rain In Nebraska and the spring crop states turned the wheat market today in favor of the bulls. The outcome was firm 'close at hc to M@@c net advance. Corn finished he lower to la 9Sse gain: oats sec off to isc up. and provisions the same as last night to 5s down.
 Chief attention in wheat went to com plaints of excessive kosirnre In Ne braska. Advices from the Dakotas and Minnesota told likewise that rains were becoming a menace to the spring crop. Fear of wet harvest in Kansas and Oklahoma proved a further handicap to the bear side.
 Unconflrmed rumors that Argentine exporters were rebuying shipments sold to the United States led to tightness here in nearby deliveries of corn.
 Oats paralleled the action of corn.
 Prospect of larger receipts of hogs next week gave provisions a downward slant.
 Ertura nuotaffons were AS foflowS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Z .2TO5PO|NTSLOSS 1. IN COTTON MARKET Downward Tendency as Re- suit of Rains and Falling
 Off in Consumption

New Orleans, June 13.-The cotton mar ket had a downward tendency on the weekend session as the result of fairly good rains in portions of the eastern belt and the falling off in consumption of cotton by American mills during May as compared with the same month last year. Liberal buying orders from the long side met the decline and kept the market steady, but offerings were sufficient to put prices to points under yesterday s finals. The close was at net loss of ? to points,
 A furry of selling around the openng called forth heavy buying orders. said to come from prominent interests. The forecast of fair weather for the belt, ex- cept for thundershowers in the Carolinas, was a help to the long side for a while, but the detailed reports, showing rain at nine out of 10 stations In the Whining ton district and scattered showers else where in the east. gave bears the hope that the drouth was at last to be ended. These offerings finally broke the mar ket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
.UNSTEAD|NESS IN
 COTTON MARKET
Prices Ease Off Under Re- newal of Old Crop Liquda-
 tion and Carolina Rains

New York. June 1s.-The cotton mar ket was unsteady today with prices easing off under renewal of old crop liquidation and reports of good show CTS in the Carolinas. The close was steady but at n net loss of to s points.
 There were quite q good many over night selling orders at the start and the opening Was at decline of s to II points on the old crop and of to 1 points on new crop deliveries. Relative ly weak cables encouraged the selling movement. but offerings were well taken owing, to prospects for continued clear, hot weather over the greater part of the south
 Old crop positions rallied to about last nights closing figures while the new crop sold to points net lower on GOV ering on fresh buying for long account
 This advance encountered increa sec selling pressure. however. and some of the same brokers who had been very heavy sellers late yesterday on the Chicago bank news were sellers again There was also a good deal of scattered realizing for over the weekend, while better repeat reports from the Caro. linas may have inspired some local pressure
 The market broke sharply with old crop months selling II to 1S points un- der yesterdays closing figures, while later deliveries showed net losses of , to points. A slight rally followed on covering but the market closed within a point or two of the lowest on new crop positions.
 The supply and distribution figures of the census bureau may have inspired some of the old crop selling. Detailed weather reports showers in North Caro- Ina and fair showers in Georgia, Ala bama, but 49 stations east of the river showed maximum temperature of 100 degrees or over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Tho Mex;can n, Anomaly

From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 In the opening paragraph of one of his best stories kipling wrote: Let it be clearly understood that the Russian Is delightful person till he tueks his shirt in. As an oriental he Is charm ing. 1t is only when he insists upon being treated as the most easterly or western people, instead of the most westerly of easterns. that he becomes radical anomaly extremely difficult to handle. The hoat never knows which side of his nature is going to turn up next" There Is Il somewhat similar difficulty with the Mexican. He can be charming, but one never knows wheth- CT he Is the most northern southerner or the most southern northerner. and he can change from one to the othes with facility that is almost genius.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Fruits and Produce

Wine sap apples, box, s3; Gano apples, box s2.50; Missouri Ptppin apples, box, 2.75 Lines, per 100. $1Q1. .25. Lemons. box, 360. $6.50; Florida grapefruit, $4QD6 Califor- mia oranges, crate s3.50. Pineapples, crate, s. New Irish potatoes. S1.50 per ham, per; tomatoes. s2. 50Q3 crate; cabbage, 21kc lb; celery. crate. $2.50; squash. crate S2; bananas per bunch, si .5oQ1.76; peanuts, No. l. 7c lb.; new crop red and yellow onions, 4c lb.; imported onions, crate, g. 50; watermelons, Florida, S40Q45 hundred; cucumbers, per crate s2; snap beans, s1 .o( crate; strawberries. s2Q2.50 crate; black berries, crate. s3.50. Cantaloupes $a; corn, 4oG50c per doz.; okra, six baske et crate, $2.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
When the Honeymoon Has Set
From Judge.


 The honeymoon has set
 When he begins Co take more interest in the Giants batting averages than In his own daily kissing average:
 When he forgets that Il weeks ago today they stood on the afterdeek and swore their love should last until the sea turned To cold consomme;
 When she neglects to remind him that l. weeks ago tonight he said that his soul had awaited for hers since he was an anteprimordial wiggletatl:
 When a third party can come without making crowd
 When the sauce of love fails to cover the burned tonderloin steak:
 When they have ceased to be nuI- sances in gathering;
 When he pays up his back dues in the Convival Comrades club and she begins to brush up on her bridge game.
 When she concludes she really ought to go back to Plunktown 10 see mamma and he comedies that he may be able -to worry along awhile without her: When he begins to use plain English in addressing her. When the wild oats, after a crop faile ure, sprout again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
CoIored Farmers in Missouri

Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger
 Out of the 2s0.000 farms in Missouri a little less than 3753 are owned by col ored men. They range in size from 3 to 260 acres and are estimated to be worth S27,76s.750. The farm of the av- craze Missouri colored farmer, just like that of his white brother, the bulle- tin says, Is we'll kept and well stocked and is very productive. growing wheat, corn, oats, grasses, watermelons. strawberries, apples, peaches and all other food necessities. Colored farmers raise poultry for the market, sell eggs, milk and butter, have beehives and plenty of honey, produce sugar cane, which in the fall they boil out for sorghum molasses. Their daily menu Is made of the best things they pro- duce, being far superior to that of the average colored family. in the city.
 Nearly every colored farmer of Mis- souri has a bank account, and his prof its allow him to take a vacation in St. Louis, Kansas City or some other largo city once or twice year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
What Ails Books of 1914

From the Louisville Times.
 It is indisputable that there has been a deterioration in the quality of books which exert the widest appeal in this country. Whether the publishers have vitiated the taste of the reading pub ltc by books of the type written by Robert w. Chambers E. Phillips Op- penheim, George Randolph Chester, Eli nor Glyn and their like, or whether the modern person Is too busy making money, or spending what somebody else hascmade, to take more than a super ficial dip into literature, Is a question which seems to baffle solution. At any rate, the booksellers are certain that the demand for good reading is on the wane. and the hope of an early re- vival of interest in anything beyond mediocrity is slight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Ringing the Change
From the New York Post.


 Those who were in the corridors of a certain large downtown bank one day last week might have observed a little comedy of high finance. One of the most noted lawyers in the coutry, an aged man, entered the door and walked to the pay ing teller's wicket. From his pocket he extracted a gold eagle and bade the tel ter give him change for the coin.
 The teller reached impatiently for the gold piece and then rang it ostentatiously on the marble slab before him to test its genuineness. The eminent lawyer started and his face grew red. But he did not en- gage in vain words.
 Give me the change fin silver quarters, young man." he said
 And then. while the waiting line be- hind him grew longer and longer. the lawyer coolly rang and re-rang each one of the 40 pieces of silver an irritating chink. chink. upon the marble slab at the tellers window.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
New York Cotton Futures
Port Movement

New orleans: Middling, IS 15-16c; receipts 1510; exports, 3S15; sales. 451 stock 9S,199.
 Galveston: Middling. 14c; receipts 2459; exports, 1868; sales, GAO; stock l05,502
 Mobile middling, 1319e; receipts 1SS; exports. 696S; stock, 9075.
 Savannah Middling, 13hc; receipts, SIG; exports, 709; sales. 241; stock, 32,- 029.
 Charleston: Nominal; receipts, 100; exports. 8; stock, 5000
 Wilmington: Nominal: stock. 13,194
 Norfolk: Middling. 13Nc; receipts, 22S; exports. 1127; sales. 1S7: stock, 14,36S.
 Baltimore: Middling, 1s%c; stock, ATT.
 Boston: Middling, 1s.7oc; receipts, A; stock, 10,100.
 Philadelphia: Middling. 13.S5c; re- ceipts, 100; stock 3405.
 New York: Middling. 1s.eoc; exports. 20S3; stock, 119,S35.
 Minor ports: Stock, 4S02
 Total today: Receipts, 5545; exports, 16,073; stock, 412.6s6.
 Total for week: Receipts, 5545; sx : ports, 16.073. Total for season: Receipts, 10,201, 140; exports. S,59s.641.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
ss.2o@s.1o. cows and heifers ss.so,

$6.20@S.1o. cows and heifers sS.60@ S.70. calves $7@10.25.
 Sheep: Receipts 1000; weak; sheep $5.40 @635. yearlings s6.35@ 7.50, lambs s6.50 @S60, springs $7.25Q9.50. St. Louis, June 13.-Hogs: Receipts, 45o0; market steady. Pigs and lights, s6.5 GS. 20; good heavy. s S.12dS. .25.
 Cattle: Receipts, 30S; market steady Native beef steers, s7.50Q9; cows and
 heifers. s4.25G9; stockers, s5@S; Texas and Indian steers, $5. 75@S .25: cows and heifers, $4.50@6.65; native calves. s6d1O.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1500; market steady Sneared muttons, s4. 75d5: sheared lambs NQS; spring lambs. S919 65
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. June 13-Except for August.
 which showed frmness on demand from shorts, cotton seed oil ruled easy in tbe absence of outside demand with the lower ruling in cotton Final prices were point higher to net lower. Sales, 10.6O0 bar rels. The cotton seed oil market closed steady. Spot. 7.35G7. 45c; June, i. .ss0l7. 4oc July, :. 4sd7 44c; August q. .55dD7 .6sc: Sep. tember. 7.61@7 .6Sc; October. z. .4SQ77. .47c: No vemoer. 7:0@7 1oc; December, 7.05D7 1oc 1; January, 7.O507 .10c. Total sales 1o s9o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Hubbard Bros, & C0.

EosscH Mefeka.9s, Hanoyer Sauare. N. fhanss; New Orleans Cotton Exchan.s
 eiation Orders soiicited for the O1e. Dnp. ehase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Uced 0ti for future delivery. 6pSSiSi attention and liberal terms given for lonslguments Of Qpot cotton Tor {Ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Why Why Complain

P TUHI lu6 OHlcdBO NeW6
 The fare at a certain boarding house was very poor A boarder who had been there for sometime. because he could not get away, was standing in the hall when the landlord rang the dinner bell Where upon an old dog that was lying outside on rug commenced to howl mournfully.
 The boarder watched him little while, and then said:
 What on earth are you bowling for? xou don't have to eat itY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
The Reason

From the Chicago News.
 A grabbed old misogyniat said to Ethel Barrymore at a dinner in Bar Harbor:
 ''Woman Feminisml Suffragel Bahl Why. there isn't woman alive who wouldn't rather be beautiful than intel ligent."
 That's because. said Miss Barry more. calmly. ESQ many men are stupid while so few are blind.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Selma Market

Selma. June 1s.-(Special. )-Spot cot ton in the Selma market was ouotsd today as follows: Good middling. 14Mc. strict middling, 14Ac; middling. 11c: strict low middling, 13Hc; low mid, ding 13c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
Local Cotton
Poultry and Epps

Hens, per pound, 141zc; fryers, 1%Q 11a lbs. average, soc; ducks. 15c ib. guineas, soc; roosters, soc: geese, 4Oc to 45e each; live turkeys, 2oe lb.; dressed tur. keys, 24c; eggs, fresh country receipts 19c candled. 20c; extra graded candlee carton eggs, 23c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Bonds
Money on Call

New York, June 13.-Prime mercantile paper, 315@4 per cent. Sterling exchange easier; 60 days, s4.S6.45; current demand, s4sS90 Commercial bills, $4S6Q4.S6i4 Bar silver. 56%c; Mexican dollars, 44c. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. June 13.-Spot cotton steady, unchanged; middling, 13 13-16c. Sales, 415 spot; to arrive. none; good or dinary, Il 13-16c; strict good ordinary. 12 5-16c; low middlng, B 3-16c; strict low middling, 13ssc; strict middlng, IA 5-16c; good middling, IA 1-16c; strict good mid ding, 14sc. Receipts and stocks normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Montgomery Market

Montgomery. June 1S.-(Special.) Spot cotton was quoted here today as follows: Strict .middling, IA 3-16c; mid ding. 13%c; strict low middling, 13Mc; low middling, 123sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Coffee Market

New York, June 13.-Indifferent Euro pean cables and reports that cost and freight offers from Brazil were shade lower, seemed responsible for scattering liquidation or local selling in the coffee market this morning. The opening was to points lower and active months eased off another point or two. Sales. 12,0O0; June, SS2d; July, S.SSc; September. s.08c; October, 9.17c; December. 9.S4c: Jan- uary. s.36c; March, s.SSc; May, 9.lc; spot, quiet; Santos No. {, 121kq12ssc; No. 4, 9kc: mild, dull; Cordova. 121z@16c nominal Havre, unchanged to A franc lower. Hamburg unchanged to A pfennig high CT; Rio 50 lower at 5sx250. Brazilian re- ceipts, 22.00o; Jundiahy, 1.00o. Santos cables quoted fs unchanged; futures, un- changed to 9 higher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
FIour and Rrradsfuff.

Self rising flour, s5.25; Tennessee flour, s5; pure wheat shorts, $34; pure wheat bran, ss3; c. s. meal. 71s per cent. $s0; C.. feed meal, per ton. $2s c. s. hulls. SIS ton; No 1 timothy hay, per ton $24; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton, s22 c. S. hulls, SIS ton: Johnson grass, per ton, SIS; mixed feed, $s4; oats. 57c bu. corn. SIC; cornmeal, $1.s5 per 96 lbs. New crop alfalfa, $23.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Interior Movement

Houston: Midd1ing, 13%c; receipts. 2126; shipments. 23SS; sales, 129 stock, 56,610.
 Memphis: Middling, 13%c receipts, 70S; shipments, 665; sales 225; stock, 30.417.
 Augusta: Midling, 14Ac; receipts, 134; shipments, 90; sales, IA; stock. 19,- 671.
 1914; shipments. 1902; stock. 22,687.
 Cincinnati: Receipts. 596; shipments, 361; stock, 17.S06. Little Rock: Middling. 13Ac; ship ments. 3f; stock. 34,917. Total today: Receipts. 4773; ship ments. 4727; stock, 182,10S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Creamery Products

Country butter, 20Q25c: fresh creamery butter. soc; process butter. Sc; cheese, 191kc; imported Swiss cheese, 3lc; German brick cheese, 20c; limburger cheese, 19c; imported RoQuefort, 35c: Neufchatei cheese. per dozen. 45c: Pimento cheese. sl.3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Live. Stock

Chicago. Junep 1s.-Hogs: Receipts 1l.000; steady; bulk of sales, sS15 @s25, light s7.s5@ s,2b, mixed Szs50 s'S0. heavy $7s0@8.27h, rough $7.S0@ 7.s5, pigs &7@775
 Cattle: Receipts 800; steady; beeves $7So@sso, steers s6.s0@s1o, stockers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper, 91s@10c; gray snapper or groupers. 5c; Spanish mackerel, 15c in bbl. lots; fresh water breams. S14c; pompano 25c: bluefish, Sc; red bass, Go; mixed fish, 71sc; small trout s1kc; fresh water cat dressed, 10c; salt water cat, S1zc: speckled trout, 121kQ15c Shrimp, 10c lb. Perch, 6l2c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Meat

Lard, 121sc; compound. 95sc; dry salt short ribs, 13.45c: bellies, 14c ham butts. 15.6Oc; Boston butts. 1711c; pork loins 171zc; spare ribs. 13c; breakfast bacon, 25c; regular ham. 1S%c; skinned ham, 191ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. June 13.-Spot cotton easier; good middling. S.37d; middling, 7.s4d: low middling. 7.36d Sales. 5000; speculation and export, 700. Receipts, 5000
 Futures closed barely steady; June, 7.471sd; June-July. 7:2s51d; July-August 7.S1td August-September 7.24d; October November, 6.S0d; December-January, 6.71d January February, 6.701kd; March, April, 6.72d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Weekly Market Summary

New York, June 13.-The weekly market summary shows strong bullish influences were brought to bear on the stock mar ket this week, but trading continued to be dull with unusually narrow fusion of fluc- tuations..
 The understone was firm most of the tine. Dui the demand was puor and in spite Of the scarcity of stocks no response such as might ordinarily he expected was made toward favoiing developments. Of these perhaps the most important were the governments report on crop condi- tlons at the end of May and the Shreve- pert rate decision.
 Passage by the Seaste of the canal tolls repeal Dill was accounted an cnlightening Ninfiuence in fayor of railroad shares. Progress of the Mexican mediation con ference, in spite of fears of rupture once br twice during the wo,N. eiiccdra ged op- eratfoIss cn the long side
 One of the forcmnst factors in sustain ing the market was the expectation of a decision lefore many days l.l the freight rates case.
 The United States Steel corporation tonnage figures indicated that new busi- ness during May had been at the rate of less than half the corporations capacity Incoming orders Since June 1 meantime were reported to bc on large seal.
 Demand for copper metals increased fol- lowing a general cut to 14 cents
 The export movement of gold reached extraordinary proportions Nearly $20, GOO, 0oO was engaged during the week, estab- fishing record for New York The move- ment exerted little influence here except Tor a slight stiffening of alignment of time money rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
LonsIon Stocks

London, June 13-Consols for money, 7311c; for account, 73 9-16c bar silver easy. 26 1-16d; money, 1A@1xd. Short bills, 2ssQ2 11-16d; three months, 9-16125sd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
New OrleanJ

7sa7siho No. 3 whiV
 Ale: No. 2 llte, |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Metal Market

New York. June 13.-Metal markets dull. Practically nominal. Lake cop per nominal Electrolytic. $13.S7H@ 14; casting, s13.75@,13.S71s. Iron un- changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14

New Orleans. Juna rns and Japanese riea Honduras steady. JnIl Honduras steady: Japl vancing. Quote. Japan. Honduras. ] .nsa3 5qe: elt @6lsc; Japan, 2a4M5isc. I ton, S2t'a 27I bran, per ton. Rough. 2s2s. milles. 22A Sales. 100 pockets eleaas Il ie; s5o pockets Japan at g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City Grain Kansas City. June 2.-No. wheat. hard soae3c; No. red, s11tc. Corn, No. 2 mixed. 7o14Gf70tsc; No. 3 white, 7bo. Oats. No. white, 4idl41hc; No. mixed. BOO 39Iac.
 St. Louis Grain
 St Louis, June 13.-No wheat, red. s4ns6c No. 3 hard, ssq97c. Corn. No. 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Cotton Goods Review

New York; June 13.--Cottop goods mar kets have strengthened and broadened
 during the week. The demand from the manufacturing trades, converters and
 some of the jobbers has been of a steady character. Bag manufacturers have
 bought goods freely. Mills are declining
 considerable business because prices are
 lower than they think are warranted by
 the costs of production.
 Curtailment of production plans are be- ing adopted by various mills when orders expire and during the current cotton year the disposition is to confine operations to firm orders. There has been an improve
 ment in the business offered in the grain growing states from jobbers and retailers. Prices have been named on bleached cottons for fall. One line that was re- duced a quarter of cent a yard was placed at value the following day Other lines were priced on the level of last season or advanced. Wide sheetings have been advanced 2h per cent. Printed wash
 goods have been in active demand from jobbers and primers stocks have been
 cleaned up. While goods are selling more freely. Prices are as follows:
 Print cloths, 23-inch 64xGfs, 3%c: 3sH-
 inch. 64x64s. 5Ac; brown sheetings, south ern standards, Sc; denims, Bounce. 14c:
 tickings. Bounce, 13kc; print standards.
 5Ac; staple ginghams. 6Hc; dress gin-
 ghams, 9xc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, June 13-( Special .)-Liverpool was sharply lower than due this morn ing, owing to a slackening of trade and the offering of Indian cotton at low basis
 Our market. however regarded the showers which fell in the Atlantic states yesterday afternoon and last night as en- tirely Insufficient, so that prices did not respond to the weak cables.
 The census bureau report on consump- ton for May was less bearish than ex- pected, since it had been felt that with the curtailment in this. country there would be sharper falling off in the con- sumption figures compared to last year.
 Prices eased off at 8 few points later on further selling by a broker Identified with the house which sold so freely yester- day
 Rumors were current juas before the close that the New Orleans Times-Dem- ocrat would issue a bullish crop report on Monday, and these reports strength ened the market just before the close
 July liquidation continued through the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Bank Statement

New York, June 13.-The statement or the actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold s42.- S11,200 reserve in excess of legal re- quirements. This is a decrease of s9.- slS,7O0 from last week. The statement Loans. s2,131, 40s,0 900: increase, S21,616.- 900. Specie. s4S6, ,000; decrease, sS.- osl,ooo. Legal tenders, s74,5S5, 900; in- crease. $901.000 Net deposits, $2,O66,- Slo,000; increase, s10,500,000. Circula- tion, S41.100,00; decrease, s1S1 GOO. Banks' cash reserve in vault $436,532. ooo. Trust companies, cash reserve in vault. $74.l71,000. Aggregate cash re- serve, $510.703.000. Excess lawful re- serve. $42,311.200; decrease, S9.s1s. TOO. l Trust companies reserve with clearinR q { house members carrying 25 per cent cash reserve. s93,59 .0oO. Summary of state banks and trust companies in Greater New York not included in clearing house statement until noon: Loans and investments. $573,119, 400; de- crease. $s95, 400. Gold. $43, 3O2,20O de- crease, $1,3s1,100. Currency and bank notes. ss,S55.70o: increase. $2200. Total deposits $674,S69. .000; decrease, $7,712,- 100
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
Dry Goods Market

New York, June 13.-Cotton goods markets were steady today. Yarns were firmer in spinners' circles Linens were in better request. White goods and printed wash fabrics sold freely.