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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-17
EUROPE SELLER IN THE STOCK MARKET  Iris Estimated That 3O,0O0 Shares Were Disposed of
 on Cable Orders

New York, March 16-Europe sold stocks here today and the market sagged slowly. It was the attitude of foreign holders of stocks which was primarily responsible for the movement London was depressed by uncertainty over the home rule question. American specula- tive issues were unloaded by London and there also was selling on direct orders from the continent, particularly among the low priced railroad stocks. Much of this selling was said to originate in Am sterdam. It was estimated that 5000 shares were disposed of here on cabled orders
 At home sentiment was uncertain. Out side interest was still at low ebb. The rise of the closing days of last week ap- peared to have exhausted the resources of the bullish traders. Early movements were irregular but gradually the market moved downward, under the influence of European selling. The close showed a majority of fractional losses.
 Kansas and Texas issues were again under pressure and their pointed weak ness gave rise to rumors of change in dividend policy.
 The preferred at 46 and the common al 16 fell to the low prices of tn elast 1e years New Haven was again heavy but late in the day it made up it's loss.
 Reports from the steel trade were less favorable. The domestic copper market showed no signs of returning activity but foreign copper statistics, reporting another decrease in supplies. indicated that the demand abroad was keeping up.
 The increase in bank reserves shown in Saturdays statement was responsible for an easier tone in time money today. Rates for call loans, however, were held firmly.
 Bonds were easy. Rock Island colla- terals were again under pressure. Total sales, g, 450,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call.
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Fruits and Prnduce

Russet apples. S6.5O bbL western box apples. $225qs; Ben Davis. s5.5o: lines. per 100. $te5; lemons. box S6O. $i Florida grapefruit, $d5; Florida oranges, SS. Malaga grapes, imported fin kegs, S6qi; Irish potatoes, Sl busnei: Jumbo $175; cranberres, per box, $3, bbls., SIP; strawberries, per quart .5Q35e, celery, sI dozen; Florida celery, per crate, S2.7o; tomatoes. $3,50 crate: Danish cabbage. 21ac lb. purple cabbage. per ib., Sc; rutabaga turnips, 1Ae lb.: new crop red and yellow onions, 4ihc lb.; imported onions, crate, Sl.75: cocoanuts, S6 bag ohestnuts. h.. Sc; imported in kegs, 10c lb.; English walnuts. .5Q20c; filberts, l5e, oceans. 15e; Cali fornia figs. case, S250: dates. h.. SAc. Sweet potatoes. DooeSs bushel. sl.20; sweet potatoes, Cream Dams, hushe si. Florida cabbage, $s.e5 crate
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York. March Especial ] Arbitrage buying continued in our market today, though without the same effect as on Saturday because the price had advanced to level which brought about profit taking. Liverpool was checked by the reselling by the for eign houses abroad.
 These influences made the market quieter all day, without changing the thought of the trade that this arbi- trage buying would continue to sus- tain prices to a point where 1t would meet With opposition from the foreign spinner, who might refuse to go on at an advance if the weather becomes fa- vorable fo- the next crop as our latest advices from Europe state that they are all looking for 1600o, ,o00-b bale crop season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-17
COTTON HAS FAIRLY
 GOOD UNDERTONE Better Weather in South Gives Sagging Tendency
 in the Afternoon
Sales. High. Lo'

New Orleans March 16-Cotton had a fairly good undertone today and in the morning session stood at small net advance. In the afternoon the dis position was to sag. chiefly as the re- suit of improvement weather conditions over the cotton belt. At no time, how ever, was the market under pronounced selling pressure. The close was steady, unchanged to ? points down, compared with the final figures of last week. Closing prices were within a couple points of the lowest.
 Short bought covers rather freely in the morning session and appeared to be nervous over bullish claims regarding the report on American consumption tomorrow by the census bureau. Bulls were not large buyers and the market was supported principally by short cov- cring. The high prices of the day were to points over Saturdays close.
 New Orleans Cotton Futures
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Flour and Rreadstnffs

Self rising flour. s54a, Tennessee flour. S5.25; pure wheat shorts, $S4; pure wheat bran, $9i; c. $. meal, 7h per cent, $50; C. S. feed meal, per ton, S26; C. s. hulis, SIS ton; No. 1 timothy hay, peg ton, S25: mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton. s22 c s. hulls. sli ton. Johnson grass. per ton, SIS: mix sd feed s34; oats. 56c bu.: corn, 90c; eornmeal. sl.s0 per e6 lbs.
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St. Louis Produce

St. Louis, March 16.-Flour dull; hay slow prairie, 10@13c. Iron cotton ties. e6c. Bagging. He; hemp twine, &c., Pork quiet: jobbing. 2l.25c. Lard easy; prime steam, 10.15Q10.25c. Dry salt meats steady; boxed extra shorts. 12asc; clear ribs, 12ssc; short clears. 13Ac. Bacon steady; boxed extra shorts, 13ssc; clear ribs, 13sse short clear, 14Ac. Receipts: Flour, 12,000; wheat, 62,000; corn, 66,000; oats. 15s.ooo. Shipments: Flour, 13,0Oo; wheat, 56,000; corn, 2S,000; oats, 97,000.
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper 1la12Mc in bbl.. lots. gray snappers or groupers. 6i1c; large. 9Iac. emall snappers, l0c; spanish mackerel. 12ih@15o in hbl. lots. fresh water brsams. Sia@9c; pompano, 25o; rcd bass 6Iac; mixed fish, Sc small trout. Size; fresh water cat dressed. 13h@l5e; salt water cat, SIC: speckled trout. 13kni5o. shrimp 10c lb.
 New Jersey oysters, q. l.45al.66; southern. Plants, $l0 per 1000. Shrimp. 11c lb.
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Meat

Lard, l2Ac; compound, 9ssc. dry salt short ribs, tS. 2ae. hellies. 1S.70c; ham butts, 1560c; Boston butts. l6c pork lions, 16c: spare ribs, 19e; breakfast bacon, 97m2sc smoked bacon. i7c; regular ham. 17isc skinned ham, 1S%c.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, March 16.-spot cotton steady, hc up; middling. 13c; sales, on the spot, 1104 bales; to arrive, 515: good ordinary, 10 11-16c; strict good ordinary, II 3-16c; low middling. 12 3-:6c; strict low middling, 12Ec; strict middling, 13 7-16c; good mid- ding, 13 13-16c; strict good middling, 1lc; receipts, 3914 stock. 313.94s.
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Liverpool Grain

Liverpool, March 16.-Wheat, spot, dull; No. red western, Is 41sd: No. and Manitoba. IS 3d; futures steady March, IS 2Hd; May. Is 2ssd: July. Is 2hd; corn, quiet; American mixed, 6s sgd: La Plata futures irregular March. 4s 11hd: July. As 7%d: flour. winter patents, 2Ss Cd: hops in London (Pacitic coast), fl 10s@f5.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants. Hanover squnre, N. ". Members New York Cotton Ex- change, New orleans Cotton Exchange. New York. Produce Exchange. Asso- ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- shaee and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for eonstgnments of spot cotton for do@ livery. Correspondence invited.
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, March 16.--Spot cotton steady; good middling. 7.4Sd; middling, 7.0sd; low middling. 6.72d; sales. 10.- coo; speculation and export, 1000 re- ceipts 91o0 Futures quiet and, steady. March, 6.7od; March April. 6.70d; May June. 66S isd; July-August. 6.5S1sd; Au- gust Sept smber 6.f3hd; OctoberNo-
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, March 16.-Cash wheat: No ? red, 9569Ss4c; No. ? hard 9la4G94c Corn: No. 2, CSC; No white, 641sc. Oats No. 2, 40c No. 2 white, 4014G41c. May wheat. 92sad92Isc; July, S6kc. Corn May, 69ss@ o91Sc: July, 69lsc Oats: May, 994dS9ssc; Iuly. 39asc
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, March 16.-The condition of the United States treasury at the be- ginning of business today was: Net bal ance in general fund. s94,6l5,64o. Total re- ceipts Saturday, $2,9S9,215. Total pay ments Saturday, $1. .504, ,367. The deficit this fiscal year is s24,249 ,530 against a surplus of $7.530,2 23S last year, exclusive Of Pan anna canal and public debt transactions.
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f. 115sc. Mid quiet; Cordova, 121a6l6lsc; Havre, l4mls franc higher. Hamburg, A@ ih pfg higher. Rio unchanged. Rio OK change. 1-32d lower. Brazilian receipts 1s,oOo: Jundiahy. 1000. Today's Santos ca ble reported is unchanged. Sac Palo re- ceipts 13000. Santos futures unchanged to 50 lower than Saturdays close.
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Creamery Products

Country butter. e0Q25c: fresh creamery butter. 33c; process butter, 27c. cheese. 19lkc; imported Swiss cheese. 3lc; German brick cheese 200; limburger cheese, l9c: imported Roquefort, 32c: Neufchatel cheese, per dozen 45c: Pimento cheese. SIPS.
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Visible Supply of Grain

New York. March 16.-Visible supply of grain. Wheat. decreased 15.000 bush . els: in bond. decreased 901 900; corn. in- creased 1,i42.000; oats, decreased 762,- 900; in bond. decreased 593,000: rye. decreased 203,000 barley, decreased 50, 900; in bond, decreased 47,000.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. March 16.-Cash wheat No. hard, s91a@9oc; No. ? red, 9Oaslc Corn: No. 3 mixed, CSC: No white 6s1s@6sc. Oats: No. white. 4O&c; Mo- z mixed, 40c. May wheat. S634c; July, S3lsc Corn: May, 6SAc; July, 6Sa446s7sc.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, March 16.-There is no stock in the rough rice market. Clean rice remains steady. Quote: Rough Honduras. $2Q4.50; Japan, s1.50a3; clean Honduras. 41zd6c Japan, 21zG39sc. Rice, Polish. per ton, s21Q23c; bran. per ton, S14d16. Receipts Rough. 176S; clean, 5l73; millers. 1163. Sales: coo sacks rough Honduras at 2.5513. 2lc; 100 pockets clean Honduras at 4ssc; 1928 pockets Japan at 1TM3lsc.
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Selma Market

Selma. March 16-fSpecial l)-Spot cot ton in the Selma market today was quoted as follows: Good middling. 1S5sc. Strict middling. 13ssc. Middling, 13isc.' Strict low middling, 12ssc. Low middling 12,sc.
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lbs. average. 2Sas0e. ducks. f5c ib. !; guineas. Soc; roosters. s0e; geese. h.. 10c : live turkeys. 22c; dressed turkeys. 24c; fresh eggs, candled, 2Sc. extra graded candled eggs, 25c
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New York Money

New York. March 16.--Money on call firm, 17s@2 per cent; ruling rate, } per cent; closing bid, l 7s M2 per cent; time loans easier: 60 days, 2s4 @3 per cent: 90 days, 3@3A per cent; six months, 5h@31 per cent; prime mer- cantile paper, 4d4M per cent; steri- ing exchange steady; 60 days, $4.S4.35; demand, $4.S625: commercial bills, s4.SSk: bar silver, 5Sz Mexican dol lars, sSHc: government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy.
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August, 7.57@7.5sc: September. 7.6Oa7. .ssc October, 7.0097. .25c. Total sales. $500
Naavl Storo

Savannah, Gaa March 16.-Turpentine firm. 46Nc: sales s4 receipts. l0s: ship ments. s6; stocks. 1902. Rosin firm: sales. 146o; receipts. 2i6; shipments, 9Sa; stocks. 113,6os. Quote: A. B. $3.95; q, D, $s.971k: E. $4: r. A.0eis: 2. $4.05; IT. s4i0; I. s4.15; K, s4.221a; M $4.So: N. G.7O; VIC, $5.9o; wv, $6.35.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
Local Cotton
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, per pound. 1iiadl5c. flyers, 12i&iM ~~--~~-~~~--~->~>~~~~~--~~~ 6.21d; December January, 6.14d; January February, Gid.
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Dry Gnfls

New York, March 16.---Cotton goods markets were steadier today with mod crate trailing reported. Raw silk was quiet. Dress goods were in fair demand Yarns were steady.
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Primary Receipts

Chicago. March 16.--Primary receipts of wheat today were 75S,000 bushels: year ago, 1,239,000 bushels; seaboard clearances of wheat and flour equalled 492,000 b.lshels.
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Inter;or Cotton Movement

Houston. Steady; middling. 12%c; net receipts, 11,371; gross receipts. 11,371; shipments, 11,6S9; sales, 536; stock, 16s.- 356.
 Augusta. Steady: middling. 13Ac; net receipts, ESQ; gross receipts, 45S; ship ments, 1f69; sales. s27; stock. es.700
 Memphis: Steady; middling. 13c: not receipts, 1014; gross receipts. 1bs3; shipments. 4t60: sales. 236o; stock, 144,- 249.
 St. Louis: Quiet; middling. 12Nc; net receipts a1S; gross receipts, 1870; ship ments 20i5; stock, 33.911.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts. 91s gross receipts, SIS: shipments. S22; stock. 22.. z85.
 Little Rock: Quiet; middling. 12k c, net receipts, 251; gross receipts, 25f; shipments. 881: stock. 51.4 Totals today: Net receipts. 14.052' gross receipts. 16.54s; shipments. 20, 566: sales. 3713; stock, 47s,927.
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Coffee and Sugar

Arbuclxe coffee. 2l.soe; Luzzanni 2sc
 per pound. Sugar, standard sranolatS~' 53sc per pound
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, March 16-(Special)-s cotton was quoted here today as follows' strict mddliug, 13 1-l6c. Middlins' issc' strict low middlng, 129sc Low mdduns' 1lNc.
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 Chicago, March 16.-Hogs: Receipts, 5o,- GOO: active: bulk of sales, s sS.7ods.so; light, $s. eoas65; mixed $s.5o@s.s5; mixed, S.5o@ s.s5; heavy, ss.4oQSs21s; rough, $s. 4oas.6o; pigs, $5.25qS.5o.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1s,0OO; steady; calves mostly 50c lower; beeves. S20G9.60; Texas steers, s7.15dS.15; stockers, $o.6OQe.lo; }; cows and heifers, g. .75ds.55; calves, $e5o@ $50
 Sheep: Receipts, 25.oO0; steady; native s. s.46o6l6so: yearlings. $5.S0g7.00; lambs. na- tive, Ss.s0Gl7.75; western, $6S0@7.S5.
 Kansas City, March 16.-Hogs; Receipts, sGOo: 10 cents lower; bulk, $s.4oqS.6; heavy, ss.6OdS.75; packers and butchers. sS.5OaS.65; light. $.350S.6o; pigs, S.oo@S 10
 Cattle: Receipts. 12.ooo. including S" southerns: steady to 10 cents lower; prime fed steers SS. S.60@9.25; dressed beef steers, s7.4OaS.5O; southern steers, se5oas.o; cows, S4.50QS.30; cows. 4.50d7.'o; stock CTS, s6.50GS.15; heifers. $6.75Q9.0o.
 Sheep: Receipts $500; steady to 10 cents higher; lambs, $7.25d7.S0: yearlings. $6.25@ roo; wethers, $55c0J6.25; ewes $5.25q5.S5.
 St. Louis. March 16.--Hogs: Receipts 12.- GOO: 10 cents lower: pigs and lights, $7.000D SSO: mixed and butchers, $S. .70dS. .S214; good heavy. sS.75@s.s21a.
 Cattle: Receipts, 900, including 300 Tex ans: steady; native beef steers, T.50Q9.25: cows and heifers. A.3@6.60; stockers. $5.o0a7.5o; Texas and Indian steers, $5.75@ S25: cows and heifers, A00a6.00; native calves. $6o06f10.00.
 Sheep: Receipts, 2500; 10 to 15 cents higher; native muttons, s57oQ6.25; lambs, $7.O0n7.90.
 Louisville, Ky, March 16.-Cattle: Re- ceipts 140O; fat cattle lower; stockers ac- tive; range. $2.50QS.00.
 Hogs: Receipts. 80; steady; range, $4. 5OGS .95.
 Sheep: Receipts. 275; steady; lambs 7c down; sheep 4c down.
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London Stock Market

London, March 16.-American secur- ities opened quiet and about unchanged today Canadian Pacific duplicated a decline Of Saturday by going @ point lower during the forenoon, but other wise the list moved irregularly within narrow bounds. The close was unde- cided.
 Consols for money. 75A; for account, 75ss bar silver, steady, 26 13- -16d; money 3@2A per cent; short bills, 2h per cent; three months, 2ls @2A per cent.
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New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Firm; middling, 127sc; net receipts, 5159; gross receipts, 5159: sales, 694: stocl 32o,724; exports to continent. 16,SS4; coastwise, 2255.
 New orleans: Steady; middling, 13c; net receipts, S914; gross recepits, Ss69; sales, 1619; stock, 213.949: exports to continent, 1343: coastwise, 157.
 Mobile: Steady; middling, 12ssc; net receipts, 1112; gross receipts, lll2; sales, 75; stock. SO,5es; exports to Great Britain, 1901.
 Savannah Steady: middling. 12 15-i6c; net receipts, 3O27: gross receipts. SJS7, sales, 722; stock. 67.513; exports coastwise, 5S5.
 Charleston: Steady; middling, 127sc; net receipts, 301; gross receipts. 3o1; stock, 19,563.
 Wilmington: Steady; middling. 12hc; net receipts, 469 gross receipts, 469; stock, 15, ,791; exports coastwfse, 300.
 Norfolk: Steady; middling. 13c; net re- ceipts, 20T9; gross receipts. 2o79; sales, l936 stock. 41.S19 exports to Great Britain, 4 coastwise, 163.
 Baltimore: Nominal middling, 1Sc stock, 4S3o.
 New York: Steady: middling. 1s.25c net receipts. 50; gross receipts, sAlO; sales 2O0O; stock, 110,839; exports to Grea' Britain, 125; coastwise, 2006.
 Boston: Steady; middling. 1525c; nel receipts, 1; gross receipts, 1871; stock, H. 921
 Philadelphia: Steady: middling, l3ooc gross receipts, 45; stock, S91.
 Texas City: Net receipts. 134; gross receipts, 1341; stock, S773; exports to Greai Britain. 11,915; coastwise, b64.
 Minor ports: Net receipts, 150; gross receipts, 15O; stock, 7676; exports to conti nent, 150. Total today, at all ports: Net, l7,Go6; ex ports to Great Britain, 13,s91; to continent 1s,377; stock, S57, IA. Consolidated, at all ports: Net, 29,oy7 exports to Great Britain, 14,191; to France 4Gs0; to continent, 20,42S. Total since September 1, at all ports Net. 9105,3ls; exports to Great Britain 2,796,753: to France 945,916; to continent 3156, 167; to Japan, 30S,S75; to Mexico 2S.1so
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Metal Market

New York. March 16-Lead quiet, $3.95 G4.05. London, a19 lis Cd. Spelter quiet, s5 25Gi530 London, e2l los. Copper dull; electrolytic, s14.12G1425; lake nominal; casting. $14@14.12. Tin firm; spot, $S7 .90@ s. 20: June, $SS 25@ SsGo. Iron quiet; No. northern, s15415.50; No. northern. $14.15@ 15.25; No. 1 southern. H4.75G1525: No. ? southern, s4.5odl5. London copper steady; spot, e63 los: futures. e64 Tin steady: spot f173 5s: futures. e175 5s. Iron, Cleveland warrants. 5os Sd.
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Coffee Market

New York, March 16.-The coffee market lost a good part of Saturdays advance under renewed liquidation and scattered selling. Cost and freight offers were shade higher and Saturdays Brazilian receipts were comparatively light, but Europe failed to fully meet local ad- yances and today's Sac Paulo movement was shade heavier. Tn emarket opened steady to F points lower and sold off during the day in the absence of support with the close steady at a net decline cf 5 to 19 points. Sales, 44,0o0; March, S.35c; May, S.i3c: June, $500: July, S67c; Au- gust, S.64c; September. S.72c; October. S.7sc; December, >S.s7c;. January. S.92c; Febru- ary, S97c.
 Spot quiet; Rio, No. :. S5sc; Santos, No
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New York, March 16.--Cotton seed oil today was firm for March on demand from shorts. which seemed to hold later positions steady, despite small outside trade. Crude markets also were firmer. Tenders on contract amounted to about 20O0 barrels, and were promptly stopped by refiners. Closing prices were 1 to points higher. The cotton seed oil market closed steady. Spot. 7.25I7.65c March. 7.3l17.3 7.32c: April 7.29d7.s1c; May. 7.s3d3 7.s5c; June. 7.42@L6c; July, 752q7.5lc;
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Butter
Live Stock Market

Elgin. Ill. March 1s.-Butter weak, 26lsc.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

otal sales for the day, 164,OO shares.
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Linseed Oil Market
Cotton Seed Oil

Duluth, Minn.. March 16.-Linseed Cash, s1s97s; May. $1.6O3s; July, s1.62N.
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MEN, LEARN THE TRUTH
5000 EXAMINATION FREE Dr. Fleener Co.,, Specialists

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THE BENEFITS OF THE
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS
SUPERINTENDENT FRAZIER AND SUPERVISOR Sheldon
TELL JOURNAL READERS THE VALUE OF PUBLIC PLAY
GROUNDS SUPERINTENDENT RECOGNIZES THE EDUCA-
TIoNAL VALUE OF PLAY GROUNDS


playground equipment contributes in
large measure to the health and
strength of the child.
The first playground was opened on
April 18th, 1912, upon the Central
School grounds; equipped with all
steel apparatus purchased by public
subscription at cost of $1,50000.
In planning the playground an at
tempt was made to have it comprise
as many features of the larger type
of Fairgrounds as possible. Sand box
and baby swings for the little children,
gymnastic apparatus for both boys
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Correspondents wants to know the
difference between a tango dancer ana
bowling dervish. Well, a tango
dancer doesn't howl.
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ance dropped to about one hundred
and fifty per day. With the opening
of the school again it increased to
three hundred and fifty daily except
Sunday and Saturday until the ap-
paratus was taken down the fifteenth
of December. The apparatus was put
up again the first of March and has
been used daily by the Central school
pupils and others from all parts of the
city. 1t does not, however, attract as
many from the far ends of town as it
did when first opened. The total at
tendance for the ten and one half
months is $4,000.
Department.
Considering the number of children
who play upon the grounds, its very
democratic character and the newness
of it, l think that the behavior of the
children has been unusually good. Not
more than fifteen children have been
excluded from the use of the grounds
for any length of time for misbehayiOr
The playground has demonstrated
beyond a doubt it's value as a social
and educational agent. Children are
daily receiving lessons in citizenship
that are bound to become more or less
fixed habits of thought and action
which will be a decided benefit to the
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and girls, swings, teeters, teeter lad
ders, basket ball, volley ball, and ten
mis- courts, playground ball, foot ball,
base ball, and other games for adults
and children The grounds were
graded and an attempt was made to
beautify them.
The grounds were open and under
direction for ten and one half months
of the year and from nine o'clock in
the morning until dark, except on Sun
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Schools Athletic League was formed
for the purpose of encouraging, di-
recting and managing the athletic
activities of the boys and girls of the
grades. The policy of the league is in
the hands of board of control COM
posed of business and professional
men; the kind of games and the ar
rangements for the same are taken
care of by a games committee, and
the details of arrangements is handled
by the secretary of the league.
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on Rockefeller; a fence around the
entire grounds; permission be secured
from the city to extend the grounds to
within three feet of the sidewalk on
twenty-fifth street in order to make
more room for the little childrens'
department; a large clock be placed
where all of the children could see it
and lights be installed on the grounds,
Athletics in the Grade Schools.
In the spring of 1911 the Public
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days when the hours were from one
o'clock until dark.
An assistant supervisor is provided
during June, July and August.
Attendance.
From the opening day until school
closed the place was thronged with
children eager to try all of the diff
ferent pieces of apparatus. Not less
than five hundred children came daily
to the grounds for the first two months
and when school closed and the new
ness somewhat wore off the attend