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Sugar Market

New York, August THE market for
raw sugar was quiet today and prices
were unchanged with sales of 1900 bags
of Cubas sold from store by an operator
to a local refiner. Otherwise there was
nothing new reported and it was said that
Cuban holders were still asking that the
bc cost and freight A leading statisti-
clan of Havana reduced his crop estimate
of the Cubas crop by $4,000 tons to $685.
900 tons. Closing prices were Sic for
centrifugal and &c for molasses.
The local market for refined sugar was
easier and last prices were lower all
around. at the close ranging from 7.10c to
1885, although one refner was accepting
orders at SIC for graduated in barrels and
bags. There was said to be a little bet
ter demand at the decline, although
buyers generally were inclined to hold off
until the market becomes more settled.
In futures another sharp reaction oc-
Cured, under that heavy selling by Wall
street and commission houses, prompted
by the easier feeling in refined. Closing
prices were to 10 points net lower.
Sales, 1880 tons. September sold from
4S0c to 475c, closing 477c; October 4SOc
to. 1850; closing Also; December, 4.5Sc to
AL C. closing 4.4Sc; March sold at 4c.
closing $3.50.
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Produce Market

New York, August 7.-Butter steady;
receipts, 7215. Creamery, extras, 92-score.
9Oc; creamery, higher scoring, 3o1z0s1c;
firsts, 2S@2o1ac Eggs irregular; receipts,
1887; fresh gathered extra fine, 329S3c;
extra firsts, 3o@31c; firsts, 27@29c. Cheese
firm; receipts. 3527; state whole milk,
flats, fresh specials. 16Q16Ac; state whole,
average fancy. 151s@15a4c. Live poultry
weaker; no prices settled, dressed easy;
broilers, 23@30c; fowls. 17@e2c; turkeys.
2c@32c.
Chicago, August 7.-Butter steady;
creamery, 24%@25hc. Eggs steady; re-
ceipts, s344 cases; firsts, 23@231Ac; ordi-
nary firsts, 22Q221Ac; at mark cases in
cluded, 19@221ac. Potatoes higher; re-
ceipts, 70 cars. Missouri. Kansas and
Illinois, $191 o5; Jersey cobblers, $1.1o@1. Is;
Virginia barreled. $325@S.4 49, Poultry,
alive, lower; fowls, 16c; springs. 17@1S1sc.
st. Louis, August 7.-Poultry: Chickens,
loo; springs, 1sc; turkeys. &c; ducks, 10
13c; geese, s112c. Butter: Creamery,
2S1ac. Eggs, PC.
Kansas City, August 7.-Butter: Cream
cry, sc; firsts. Csc; seconds. 25c; packing,
211kc Eggs: Ffrsts 2Sc. Poultry: Hens,
1sHc; ROSTERS. 1O1xc; broilers. 21c.
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bullish on the idea that at this season
of the year before the crop begins to
move, the supply of hedges against cotton
is SO small, that given few bad crop
accounts and peace talk they can buy
the market up to high prices without diff
ficulty. The advance to the highest
prices, since the Sully year. late in the
afternoon was based on these conclusions.
Cotton is at dangerous prices, judging
from the experience Of many years, and
it must be remembered that If the CEN
trail powers used up all the invisible
American cotton they had on hand, thus
swelling the apparent consumption, that
the consumption next season will be just
SO much less provided. War prevents
exports. At the close the traders are
bullish, and certain of higher prices.
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Potato Peru's Treasure
D. F. Cook. in the National Geographic


The gold of the Indies was the attrac-
ton that led Columbus to sail westward,
that carried Cortez to Mexico and Pizarro
to Peru. The Incas had large stores Of
the precious metal, representing. no doubt
the accommodations of many centuries. The
capture of such a booty responded through
Europe. Spain became for a time the
wealthiest, as well as the most powerful,
nation of Europe, and this was ascribed
to the gold of Peru.
But Peru held another treasure much
more valuable for the nations OF Eu-
rope than the golden booty of Pixarro.
Carrying the potato to Europe was an
event of much more profound significance
In relation to the subsequent history Of
the world than sending the Inca gold
to the Golfers of Spain. But nobody un-
derstood the value of the potato. and
its Peruvian Origin was generally forgot
ten before the plant became well known.
Instead Of Peruvian potatoes we call them
Irish potatoes.
The potato was the basis of the an
Client Peruvian nation and has attained
ALMOST the same importance In other parts
of the world within the last hundred
years.
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toners instead of his customers being

toners instead Of his customers being
obliged to come to him.
These quaint and curious stores on
wheels are everywhere to be met with
in Porto Rico. One sees them about
the streets of San Juan and Ponce, in
the suburbs of Santurce and Miran1ar
they are legion, and one meets them
along all the splendid automobile roads
that stretch across the mountains and
plains of the island Even in the small
est and most remote villages and noun
tain towns the natives carry on their
pushing business methods.
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Flour and Feedstuff

Self-rising flour, SIPS; Tennessee flour,
Sc. 40; Michigan flour, $50; hard winter
wheat flour $500 spring wheat flour,
$715 Illinois flour, $40; Idaho
flour, $3.50; pure wheat shorts.
S34; pure wheat bran. $40; cotton
seed meal, ia per cent, 1872; Creme cot
ton seed meal, s26; cotton seed hulls,
$21; lintless hulls, s14 No. timothy hay,
s2S; new pea green alfalfa, s23 southern
alfalfa, $50; mixed alfalfa and Johnson
grass, SIS. Caffir corn and milomaize, 81 rs.
No l Johnson grass, sl4; wheat
straw, $13. Wheat. per 100 lbs, $3.50.
Mixed feeds, s34Q37. No. white oats, per
bushel, Coo. Corn, per bushel, s1o3 Corn
meal, per 2-bushel sack, 81 corn chops.
10O-lb. sack, $500; corn feed meal, $34.
Poultry food, 81 per sack; dairy food.
s31
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Fruits and Produce

CIV hOlesalS QuOIHtIOIS.J
Apples-Fancy Winesap, box. $2.6oQ2. 70;
Tennessee yellow, transparent, $l.S01.50.
Oranges, california. S4Q4.60.
Lenons-Imported, box, $3.50; California,
$3.50.
Bananas-Bunch, S1.5002.0.0
Limes-$1 a hundred.
Cantaloupes-Georgia crate $28250
California, 49,
Peaches-Georgia, crate, $2@2.5o.
Tcmatoes-Basket,$ 1.00Q1.25.
Beans-Basket, $1@l.2o.
Egg Plant-$2@250
Cabbage-Northern, 21zc Id.
Onions-La Creole. cents pound.
Irish Potatoes-Bushel, $1.3O.
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The colored merchant of Porto Rico
may literally be said to do pushing
business" for his stock in trade as well
as his store itself Is on wheels and Is
pushed about by the owner. Rent
troubles this man not at all. If COM
petition becomes too great in one spot
he can readily seek a new location to
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LIVERPOOL Cotton

Liverpool. August 7.-Cotton, spot weak;
good middling, s.65d; middling. SID; mid
ding S33d Sales, 5000, 1000 for specula-
lation and export. Receipts, 5000. Flu
lures, feverish; August. S.45d; August-Sep-
TENDER, s.42d; September October, S.401Ad;
October-November, .S>4cd; November-De-
cember $3.50; December-January, 8.351ad;
January-F February, S.3515d; February
March, 8.351ad; March-April, $3.50; April
May S35d; May-June. S.35d; June-July,
|S.321hd; July-August, S.S1d.
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Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York, August 7.-Mercantile papsl.
s@@4 per cent; sterling eO-day bills $4.1ln'
demand. s5.slN; cables. ss.soas; marks ds e
mand, mac: cables, u 16.lec; kronen' ae-
mand. 12.Soc; cables, r. zoe; guilders' ae-
mand. Al slice; cables, Al 7-lsc; hres, oe-
mand, se.4e; cables, $6.45; ruples' dem es1h
80 7-1sc; cables 80 s,loc; o par Sn bonds
steady: railroad bonds easy; time loans
steady: 60 days 2N@s per cent; 80 days
sGsM per cent; six months, sA@4 per cent
cali money, easier; high. per cent; low ,
per cent; ruling rate, per cent las'
loan, Q per cent; closing bid. per cent
offered at ~ per cent.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

y. Mem RS New York Cotton Ex-
change, NV Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Associate
Members Liverpool Cotton Association.
Orders solicited for the purchase and
sale Of Cotton and Cotton Seed OIL for
future delivery. Special attention and
liberal terms given for consignments OF
spot cotton for delivery. Corresp0nd-
onco invited.
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Spot Cotton
Pig Iron


@1005; mixed and butchers. $9.75910.0715;
good heavy, $9.95@1oo5: bulk, s9.75@1o.
Cattle: Receipts, 1900: market steady.
Native beef steers, s7.50d1025; yearling
steers and heifers, $s.50Q1O; cows $5.509S;
stockers. $5.3o@S.25; Texas steers, $500
$40; prime southern steers. s9@10; cows
and heifers, sos; prime yearling steers
and heifers, $S.75@10.25; native calves, So
@11.75.
sheep: Receipts, 400; market strong.
Lambs, $7@1O45; slaughter ewes, s5@7.2o;
belating ewes $9010 yearlings. $6@9.5o.
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Coffee Market

New York. August THE market for
coffee futures was higher today, with
rear months relatively firm on covering
and buying by trade interests. The rela-
tive steadiness of Brazil and of LOCAL spot
supplies combined with the approach of
September maturity was considered re-
sponsible for the near month covering,
and after opening at an advance of to 5
points, the market closed 9 to IL points
net higher. September contracts sold up
from S.37c to $3.50, and May from S.S4c to
$500. Much of the business was in the
way Of switches, September being ex-
changed for March at 80 and SO points,
and for May at 40 points. Sales, 1880
August, SAC; September. Sac; Ostober,
s.53c; November. s.5ec; December, $3.50;
January, $3.50; February. S.73c March,
s.7sc; April, ss4c; May, S.ssc; June, S.s4c;
July, $500.
The spot market was steady at SIC
for Rio rs and 101sc for Santos As.
The official cables reported no change
in milreis prices except for a partial ad-
vance of % reis in Santos futures. Rio
exchange, 1872 pence higher. Brazilian
port receipts SO, 900; Jundiahy. 41,0o0. Rain
was reported in all districts of Sac Paulo
with temperatures at 46 to 81 degrees.
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Chicago Grain

red, old, s1.354d1. 3s1ac; No. 8 red, old,
81 3401. 367s; No. hard, new. s1.34A@1.3e;
No. hard, new. $1.327s@1. 34N. Corn, No.
II, yellow, s51@@Ss1Ac; No. 4, yellow, SA2c;
No. 4, white, s4@s41ac. Oats. No. white.
nominal; standard, 44A@45ssc Rye. No. 2,
new, s1.03@1 o5; barley, e4@s5c; timothy,
nominal; clover S7@14.O. Pork, $6 25
lard, s21.s2; ribs, $13.4O014.
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New Orleans Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, August 7.-Spot cotton
steady and unchanged Sales on the
spot, 105; to arrive. 5S5. Good ordinary
1207c; strict good ordinary, 12.57c; low
.niddling, 1900; strict low middling
1896; middling, 13.57c; strict middling
1850; good middling, 13.84c; strict good
middling, 14.19c. Receipts, 2154; stock
1928.
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Rice Market

New Orleans, August 1.-The rough rice
market was strong in tone today and clean
rice was steady. Receipts: Rough, 800
sacks; sales, rough Honduras, 359 sacks;
clean Honduras, 300 pockets. Quotations:
Rough Honduras 3s0@4c; clean Honduras.
4d5c; Japan, 3s4@4Ac; polish, per ton, $50
%: bran, S18620.
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Metal Market

New York, August cooper firm;
electrolytic, $25Q27; iron, steady; No. l
northern, $40. 5o@@M No. 2, $2O92o5o; No.
/ southern, s20Q2575; No. 2 $1s.75@2o.20;
metal exchange quotes tin quiet; spot,
37QS7,A@37 s711: at London. spot copper
e10s 10c; futures. e1oS 1oc; electrolytic,
s124; spot tin. s167 1oc; futures, s16S IS.
The metal exchange quotes lead, Sc; spell
ter dull; spot, East st. Louis delivery.
sl.c asked; at London, lead, ELS 15s; spell
ter E44.
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Future quotations were as follows:
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, August Wheat No. 2
hard, s1.3O01.35; No. red, $1.a@1 &c.
Corn, No 2 mixed, S3QS31ac; No. white,
s4@S41ac; No 2 yellow, Ss@s4hc. Oats, No.
white, 421zQ451zc; No. 2 mixed. 421k@44c.
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Sugar and Cereals

Granulated sugar, s. cwt.. I. o. b. Bir-
mingham. Market firm at les New Or.
leans.
Choice Rice-s5.50 per cwt-
Fancy Rice-S6 per cwt
Extra Fancy-$6.50 per cwt
Grits-S2.25 9G-lb. bag.
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St. Louis Grain

| St. Louis, August Wheat No. 2 red,
1851. 43; No 2 hard, s1.349l. 40; Septem-
| Der, s131s4@1. 347s. Corn, No. 2, s31zc; No. 2
white, sac; September, S3c. Oats, No. 2,
42c; No. 2 white, 44,A@4414c; September,
13c.
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ceipts, 1885; shipments, 2203; stock, 63s53.
Quote: A, B, 1913; c, D, $3.50; E, Sc; F,
500; G, $6.20G62 Is; H, I, $6.1O@6.50; K, M.
N, WIG, $3.50; WV, $3.50.
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Hides and Tallow

IO6GIeIS DuyI1IF O1IoH"
Green Salt Iiides-1SQlsc.
Green Salt Hides-Half cured, 1701sc
Green Hides-Fresh. 16917c.
Dry Flint Hides-31032c.
Dry Salt Hides-29430c.
Damaged Hides-Hair price
Sheep Skins-25c@1. %.
Horse Hides-s1GE.5e Sc.
Angora Goat-25@30c.
Ginseng, Wild-s106.50.
Colt Skins-5oG75c.
Sheriinss-15G25c-
Goat Skins-40@55c.
Kid Skins-10c.
Hog Skins-25G50c.
Tallow-5QSc.
Beeswax-25@2Sc.
Washed Wooi-42@44c.
Clear Unwashed Wooi-30@32c.
BURY Washed Wool-S0Q32c.
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English Money

London, August 7.-Bar silver 81 ,.l0
pence per ounce, money ~ per cent as.
count rates, short bills. 5ssGs% per cent
three months, 55s@6% per cent.
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Meats
PACKERS Selling Prfca4
Creamery Products

wv AOlCSaLS oCihh& AtS1f
Creamery Butter--3214c; a. az M. cream
cry, sic; process butter, 30,Ac: oleomar.
garine, EQ23c; country butter. z0c.
Full Cream Cheese-175ac.
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PRICES ADVANCE ON.
ALL GRADES MEATS.
Pure Lard Goes Up Slightly
While Compound Shows
Decrease

Following a slight slump in meats fol
the last week, advances of from AG1c g
pound were noted on all grades of meal
yesterday. Extra ribs and dry salt bellies
advanced 1kc, while pork loins and bacor
took on 1c. Pure lard advanced nc, while
compound lard took the chute for the
same figure.
There was only one other change noted
on Morris avenue yesterday, this being
lie advance on extra graded eggs Ac-
cording to dealers, eggs are beginning tc
show considerable scarcity.
Today's EQUATIONS follow:
Poultry and Eggs
Commission Merchants s7rice)
Guineas-35c.
Roosters-1oc per Ib.
Extra Graded Eggs-2Sc.
Fresh Country Eggs-24c.
Turkeys-Live, &c; dressed, ga
Geese-75c, or 13c pound.
Meats
PACKERS Selling prfca3
Extra Ribs-15A.
Bellies-17c.
Pork Lolins-19c.
Neck Bones-5c.
Breakfast Bacon-22@26c.
Spare Ribs-11c.
Regular Hams-2oc.
Skinned Hams-2zc-
Pure Lard-13Ac; compound, lie.
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New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, 1880; receipts
1854; sales, $780, stock. 1928.
Galveston: Midding, 14.26c; receipts
3114; exports, 400; sales. $50; sales, s., OSo
Mobile: Middling, 1250c; receipts, 2olo
sales, Is; stock, 1920.
Savannah: Middling, 1850; receipts
49, sales, 1928; stock, $685.
Charleston: Middling. 1910; receipts
"a: stock, q, 1888.
wilmington: Middling. 1910; receipts
S45; stock, $3.50.
Norfolk Middling, 1870; receipts, 511
stock 1890
Baltimore: Stock, 2071.
Boston: Middling, 1886; receipts, &c.
stock, 10000.
Philadelphia: Middling, 14.s5c; stock
s24
New York: Middling, 14.1oc; exports,
1868; stock 9s,s4L
Minor Ports: Exports, 1857; stock
80, CAS-
Total today: Receipts. ss1s; ship
ments, 1875; stock, 514,7S3.
Total for week: Receipts, 21,5o8;
shipments, 46,077.
Total for season: Receipts, 52,71S;
shipments, 64,109.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

I New York, August Good showers IN
many places in Texas came just when
needed where they did not occur rain
would be welcome, but an examination
of the weather records show such show
| ers since the first of July in that state
as should go far toward maintaining the
/ crop prospects. Oklahoma would be BEN
Gifted by rain and Alabama is having
entirely too much.
on the weather report the market sold
off bat the large local traders are very
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York August 7.-Cotton seed oil
was irregular old crop deliveries showing
heaviness in the absence of trade demand,
while new crop months advanced on short
covering, inspired by the late strength in
cotton and light crude offerings. At the
close August was ID points lower, Sep
TENDER unchanged and forward months A
to points net higher. Sales, $1,000 bar
rels. Spot. 6.16c bid; August, 9.19@9. zoe
September. 0.1oQ9 15c; October, S.6S@S. nc
November, S.39QS.4 2c; December, HOO
Tic, January, ,S.42GS4 3c; February, SAC
$500; March, S.55@s. Soc.
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Charles Fairchild & Co.'S Letter

Liverpool weakness. based on Sunday
Texas rains. was responsible for lower
opening here today. Moderate rallies and
declines occurred up to ! o'clock, when
general buying on moderate scale stimu-
lated renewed effort on the part of local
bulls The market in the closing hour
was steady and worked into new high
levels for the season. Prominent specu-
lative interests were principal buyers.
Some trade buying was also noticed. Our
prediction of Saturday that 15-cent jan
uary cotton was possible this week seems
in a fair way to be realized. barring. of
course, general soaking rains over Texas
and Oklahoma and clearing weather In
eastern belt. In any event we believe
much higher prices inevitable ultimately.
We consider the situation In the eastern
belt likely to work out disastrously. The
crop is late, insufficiently fertilized,
fields grassy, hollis sappy and all this in
August, the most crucial of all months
for the cotton plant An early frost may
complete the disaster The world needs
crop of 15,0o0,O 900 bales we doubt if the
production will exceed or equal that Of
last year. 1t looks like an extremely safe
proposition to buy January, March and
May on all moderate declines. December
oil to us looks like the cheapest of all
options. We believe 1t will cross cents
shortly. Tonight's closing was s4o@1c.
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Minnesota farmers in four years have
spent about s2Q0oQQ00 for naw hnildinsa
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Fish
CWholesale Selling PRICE,

CWholesale Selling PRICE
Perch-s11c,
Salt Water Trout-125zc.
Red Snapper-1oc in Dbl. lots. lie small
lots.
Gray Snapper-7c.
Mullet-6Q61xc.
Spanish Mackerel-l2h1t6c
Shrimp-1211o.
Sheephead-S1Ac.
Virginia Croker-6c.
Pompano-30c.
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Live Stock

Chicago. August Hogs: Receipts, Is,
900; market strong. Bulk. $s.a6Q1o; light,
50. 55@10.10; mixed, $s.15dt10.15; heavy, 500
1918; rough, $685.; pigs. N.soa9.5o
Cattle: Receipts, $4,000; market firm.
Native beef cattle. $6.9o@105o; stockers
and feeders $5Q7.s5: cows and heifers.
$3.5oG925: calves s9Q12.50.
sheep: Receipts. $4,000; market steady.
wethers. $6.75Gs.s5; ewes. $e5O@Z75; lambs,
81. 50@11.50.
Kansas City, August 7.-Hogs: Receipte.
1900; market higher. Bulk. $S.s0@9s0;
heavy, $9.65@97 rs; packers and butchers.
50. 65Qss5; light. s9.55@9.so; pigs, s. 25qS.75.
Cattle Receipts, 800; marekt steady.
Prime fed steers. $9.50@101b; dressed beef
steers, s7.25Qs25; southern steers. s6@s. so;
cows. $4.50Q7; heifers. $6G950; stockers.
ss@s; bulls. s5.250650; calves, $65O@11.
| Sheep: Receipts. 1000; market higher,
Lambs, $10.25@11.40; yearlings, S.75Q8.S5;
wethers, N5o@S: ewes. TQ775.
st. Louis. August 7-Hogs Receipts,
$500; market higher. Pigs and lights. sS.7s
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Naval Stores

Savannah, August 7.-Turpentine' nrm,
.alAs 42e: receipts, ss5; shipments 1910;
atoek. 1a.5ss. Rosin, firm; sales. 1881; re-
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Ayery's Letter

The cotton market today has been very
cratic Opening prices were influenced
by Liverpool quotations. which market
sold off on the Texas rains. The detailed
rains when they came in, while showing
rather general distribution of the same
over the state also showed heavy pre-
cipitation in Georgia. South Carolina and
Alabama. The rings were mixed, 1t was
evidence by the fluctuation, which were
now up and now down, frequently from
two to three points between quotations.
Near 1:30. a buying wave struck the
market. forcing prices to- new highs for
the season.
The weather may looks to me like fur
Their rains in Texas, but at the same time
it looks like continued unsettled weather
in the eastern belt, which should make
the general situation lean toward the
unfavorable, inasmuch as Oklahoma and
Arkansas, In the western belt, have had
no rains of any consequence.
Clews sold, probably profit-taking, as
he was put down as buyer the other
day Lehman also sold. Scales and
Mitchell were the buyers which caused
the last upturn which closed prices Mt
the top. The locals were caught short.
Spot people were also put down as
buyers.
Avoid the extreme bulges In making
purchases and take advantage of such
dips as we had today to get In.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-08
Interior Movement

Houston Middling, 14.40c; receipts,
BAIT; shipments, $3.50; sales, 2o54,
stock, 1850.
Memphis: Middling, 1880; receipts,
1857, sales, $50; stock, 5000.
Augusta Middling, 1850; receipts,
172; shipments, 1919; sales, 500; stock,
43,512.
st. Louis: Middling, 1870; receipts,
SIS: shipments, 1885, stock, 1850.
Cincinnati: Receipts, S44; shipments,
246; stock, 1919.
Little Rock: Middling, 1850; re-
ceipts, 1903; shipments, So; stock, 6604.
Total today: Receipts, 6o0S; ship
ments, 1896; stock, 14S,1SS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-08
Dry Goods Market

New York, August 7.-Cotton goods
were strong and active today. Yarns
were firm. Raw silk was steady and
Canton grades were bought freely by cot
ton mills Burlaps were firm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-01-26
auild Better Roads.

Every rain is an argument for the
365-day road.