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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
VIGOROUS BUYING
IN CURB ISSUES
Chevrolet and Atlantic Gulf
and West Indies Sell at
p New High Marks

NEW YORK, May 12.--There was a
substantial broadening of speculative in
terest on the Broad Street Curb today
which was reflected in vigorous buying
in numerous issues New high records
were made in two stocks. Chevrolet ad-
vancng to 215. and Atlantic, Gulf and
West Indies advancing to AZ.
The independent oil stocks were among
the most prominent features, with Metro
politan Petroleum the most active in this
group, advancing from 22h to above a.
This movement was accompanied by re-
ports of coming important developments
and was also helped by official advices
to the effect that conditions at the COM
pany's Mexican plants are wholly salts
factory. both as regards health and the
political outlook. 1t was stated positively
that there has been no uneasiness in con-
necton with the tense situation on the
Rio Grande border.
United Western Oil was one OF the
strong features. selling at IL and l "a.
Sinclair Oil was actively traded in at
4SL to ASA and Oklahoma Producing was
traded in at 7is and ~. The old time
favorites. including Midvale Steel and
Cuba Cane Sugar. were comparatively
quiet. the dealings in those issues being
on an unusually small scale.
Lynn Phonograph, which is TO be
merged into the Flemish Lynn Consollda-
tlon sold at 1OFs and 10a. There was
active trading in Kresge Stores which
rose from 12A to 13A. Zinc Concentrat-
ing ranged from Is to "a.
Drggs-Seabury dropped from 81 to 1873.
Aetna Explosives declined from 1872 to
173i Chesapeake and Ohio new bonds
were stronger selling at 94h and 94la.
st. Louis and San Francisco new As sold
at 20 and SEA ard theN6's sold at II.
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FRANCE WANTS
LOAN OF BONDS
TO HELP CHANGE
Scheme Includes Neutral
Issues, Excepting Those
of United States
BORROWING FOR "A YEAR
Government to Give Receipt
Negotiable on the
Bourse
BORROWING FOR "A YEAR
BY YVES GUYOT
Ex-Minister of Public Work Editor L'Agence
Economuue ct Flnanolere.
SnrnsnI InhIn Ia L-..r.,s.,.r I-ndnnr


PARIS May 1.-THE Minister OF
Finance has asked the holders of bonds
OF neutral countries to lend them to the
State in order to help regulate exchange
Those who lend securities do not lose the
benefit of ownership. as a receipt will be
given which will be negotiable on the
Bourse and enable the securities to be
traded I'm under the reservation that the
actual paper is to remain in the control
of the State.
Loans to the State are to be mad
for a year. with power to continue from
year to year FOR three years.
If the State judges II necessary to sell
the securities the owner will be paid &C
cording to the list of quotations the Gov
ernment will publish. or at the option Of
the owner at the highest price of the
preceding three months.
To pay for cooperation the Government
will add one month to the annual div-
dends the owners of the securities receive
In this scheme the United States is left
out, the securities included being those of
Spain. Switzerland, Holland, the Sean
dinavian countries, Uruguay, Brazil, Ar
gentina and Quebec.
Transactions on the Bourse are very
active
The Bank of France mas lost slS,000,-
600 of gold, reducing it's stock TO 5000.
100000 but there has been no addition
TO its loans to the State or to the note
issue
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IMPROVEMENT SHOWN IN EMBARco
SITUATION IN U. S. AND CANAn.|
Net Surplus of Idle Cars on May l, SOeO7 Againss s.
on First of Apri-Trading on Local Stocls 10y
Exchange Quiet

as Is Indicated when conn.s,.
FORMAL announcement was Gun Gun - nd
fork this morning Of the ".aue sa,. h ~
redemption of $4,000. 900 : ~. calling E.
year convertible notes OF the ~ ~, sent ar
company. They will be ns,d ''es M ssFto
and accrued interest at tho 'c ao,a oH at h
of London Sperllng & N
trading on the Philadelnbi. =
cnange was dull at the onanirs stock ~
showed little Improvement d,,r,sI s Today ata
nours. Only a few sales wa,a tnc saft'
the prices wsre steady. Penrs'.,aa made, tlt
up little. as did Reading yy.l, Sysylssnls s,ll
ana Seashore and Lehisb NJ. vs. 1esNy
United States Steel common ssney d
a traction. American Gas sSs sS alao D
point advances
Alliance Insurance sold M ,,,
and a new low for the wear of ft
OF Norristown sold at 143. an a.. yalq
! point over the last sale pavssanes 3,
Susquehanna, Electric storsvS 'sio 90 ati
and Philadelphia Electric were ~, sal'e7g
Despite the further advance ~ uv"sSanaus'l ~
or bar silver in New York ans Ve ptl,'
there was no activity in Tononsh i.9ua7a ,,,la
ana Tonopah Belmont sold pcn unch. sllnias
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12

Underwood Typewriter Company regular
quarterly ~ per cent. on preferred and 1 per
cent. on COMMON. payable July l to stock OF
West Philadelphia Title and Trust Company.
regular semiannual per cent, payable June
1 10 stock Of record at the close Of business
sapuipa Refining Company. monthly IL Der
cent on common, payable June to stock Of
Norfolk hallway and Light Company reg
ular semlannval per cent, payable June 1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL, May IA large bus.
ness was transacted in spot cotton today
at an advances of one point on the baris 1t
si4d for mid-upland. The sales were n.
600 bales. including 1900 bales Amsf.
can. The imports were 1000 bales Az
American. The market for futures ueai
quiet at net decline Of J1s or. Hkk
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
Financial Briefs
The New York banks lost to the Sub.
treasury yesterday $19S,OO0 and since Fri
day $4,2S7. 900.


day S4,2S7 900.
The maintenance of heavy volume of
business in all sections continues to be
indicated by record payments through
the banks as reflected in clearing house
exchange, the total of which this week,
according to Duns Review, amounted to
$3,94O, ,487,272, an increase of 20 per cent.
as compared with the S3,21O.971,43S of
the same week last year and OF 5l.7 per
cent. as contrasted with the 50, ,5s7 .G24, ,631
of the corresponding week in 1914.
Copper exports from the Atlantic ports
for the week ended May IL totaled 6O79
tons since May l. 6976 tons as compared
with 1S,30l in the same period of last
year.
Chairman j. William Robins, of the
Committee 10 Standardize the require
ments for stock and bond transfers in this
city, has called a meeting to be held next
Monday afternoon at the offices OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
held that the present adjustment of rates
on Important domestic clay to points in
Central Freight Association territory was
not discriminatory. Complaint was made
that rates on English clay transportation
from gulf ports and north Atlantic ports
to central freight territory we're lower
than the domestic rate on clay mined in
Georgia.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
will have its representatives renew the
investigation into 'the affairs of the Gin
clnnat Hamilton and Dayton and the
Pere Marquette roads to learn about the
alleged Irregularities that led to the re-
celvership in 1905, II was announced to-
day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12

Large Eauipment Orders

NEW YORK, May 12.-Equipment or
ders aggregatihg "A locomotives, sOO
freight and 40 to SO passenger cars are
reported today and new inquiries cover
146 locomotives, 2l5O freight and 20 pas
senger cars. The Lehigh Valley Railroad
Is inquiring for 40 locomotives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
$25OOOOO in Gold Coin Arrives at New York From Ottawa

May -G coin amounting abou+
the
of
$50
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New York Banks Gain s1,OO4. .7sl in Week

dcnm
to banksg
The domestic receipts $5OO
f5Os45S4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, May 12.-The coffee mar
ket was steadler at the opening this morn
ing and first prices showed an advance of
2 to points, with sales OF $3.50 bags on
the call.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
WHEAT WEAKENS
BECAUSE OF RAINS
Considerable Damage in Okla.
home and Southern Kansas
by Hessian Fly
GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST
l.L1IL. On 4.

GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST
east for 80 hours. follows,
and probably Saturday. continued cool.
wisconsin "a Unsettled tonight and
tIHlS s.t dnb and sd0gy Gd ,eoP
ably unsettled south tonight; probably
iowa@Unssttied % it settled and continued cool.
with showers tonight and probably Satur-
North Dekota-GeneralIy fair tonight
and Saturday; probably frost tonight;
south Dakota-Partly. cloudy tonight.
with frost; cooler northeast; Saturday,
NebrSsksMu S N rIhssc nscttIed tonisht, probably
showers east nnd south Saturday. partly
Kansas-Unsettied and continued cool
tonight and Saturday probably showers.
CHICAGO. May 12.-Realizing weak.
ened the wheat market today after it hat
recovered from an early recession. The
influence was assigned to general rain in
Kansas. Nebraska and parts of Missouri
and Iowa. and bearish report by the
Modern Miller. The latter indicated that
moisture, badly needed in Kansas and
Nebraska, had benefited the crop,
Rain is still required in Southern Kan,
sas and Oklahoma, and some western dis,
tricts report drouth- Hessian fly and
green bugs have done considerable dam
age in Oklahoma and Southern Kansas
and continue menace. The soft winter
wheat crop received timely rains and Is
making progress without showing ma.
terial Improvement
The market at Liverpool was firm OF
smaller exports oTnnage continues light
because of utilization OF vessels for wal
purposes. May closed at the lowest
Sl.lbA. after having touched $1.16%
against S1.15A at the end of yesterday
July finished u above the bottom al
S1.169s. against ,l.l6Ts at the close yes
terday. September closed at the lowest
s1.161s. compared with $1.16B, yester
days last price.
Receipts in the near West were liberia
and arrivals at Winnipeg We're heavy
Exports OF wheat and -four for the weel
from the United States were 10,205, ,04:
bushels. against 9,302,745 bushels las
week and 6.6s7, sos bushels a year ago
Since July l they amount TO 379,510,97
bushels, against 956,s96,3O5 bushels in tbs
preceding season.
Corn followed wheat. recovering from
an early loss. but reeeded and closed un
changed 10 1-sc. lower. The recent de
cline stopped sales by farmers, who de
mand roc, at stations. Exports from th'
United States for the week were 847,11t
bushels. against 622.O04 bushels last Weel
and 666,47s bushels last year. For thu
season they amount 10, 22,S93,69s bushels
against sf.6S7,670 last year.
Leading futures ranged as follows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12

Total safes. eal 500 shares. esmaarsa nth
aBl 0es nharss sesfsEdagl lhas fer ahis ussk
ST. SO shezesE ssne Rsrled laSl week azo,-
So sAalzf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
Freneh Rentes Unchanred

PARIS, May l2.-Three per cent
rentes SO francs. unchanged Exchanea
on London 2s francs. 2slsc unchanged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
SPECIAL MEETINGS.
- THE MANNHEIM BUmDINa AM
- -. LOAN Asss0sedAAFIoN s!.A OF GERAAN-

a special meeting Of TIE stockholders OF thls
Association VIII Be held at the Once of de
Association. a the southwest corner of CONF
Ter 81. and Germantowu ave-. on Thursiss
5ulx -. 1915 ~ .. m. Ii accordancS tsih
s resolution OF the Heard Or Directora 10 -
action On epnFoFzi er dlsappfosal 81 he oro.
poaed Increase qz fHe capital llack u lhfa
CHARLES ~. p4dE sscrsIsrs.
WIt4IAH e. afoHfHH s1llrlles
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cOmmeEsgiai paper. 8 to months, Philadeti-
phiai 3USh per cent. 40
over 60 to 90. 4n per cent, and over 90, o
per cent
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High Points in Todav's Financial NerDs

parts to United
Motor Nw York banks gained $00S during Ceek
gold Otdwd California
Southern
of countries
accepting help crchange SILVER again IN
Neto York and London
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
DyIDENDs
y oar APP Ca, Gas Goa COY

LAUREL. OIL AND GAS COMPANY
1859 Commercial Trust building
phta Pa. May o, 1915.
Fba Board Of Directors have this day de-
.lared = regular monthly dividend OF ane-half
M / per cent and an extra dividend of one
sfoekholders OF record Aay 20 1915,
J. %. CLARK
Treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-12
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

sfra YORK Nay Iz-BuTTEH-FaIrl
active ana afm for choice and fancy srades
fI15str Qualities steady Hlcelpta. 4iNa PACK
arH4 HEtra. 1at hl9her fcqrlls. sos nalcs
si41< dairy. 1aas 3oe ir,sEaflpn crsaineFy
Hi#f sfaae5 te1H Hzll gtdfr siagus
I|E .4. |H #HIE4 3. 7HE ei1Hu.
Iaa aIfz z .ztc Hlc1Hse|
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
WILSON WINS ON
NICARAGUAN TREATY
MAJORITY NEEDED
FOR PACT HAS BEEN
SECURED.

hington.-President Wilson has
practically won his fight for ratifica-
ton of the Nicaraguan treaty in the
executive session of the Senate. Some
OF its most vigorous opponents said
The administration had won enough
votes to command the necessary two
thirds, and they predicted it's ratifi-
cation.
The administration opponents, while
they conceded they expected the Mica
raguan convention would go through,
reiterated they would prevent ratifi-
cation of the Colombian treaty to pay
an indemnity and express regret for
the partition of Panama.
The Nicaraguan treaty proposes to
pay Nicaragua 100000 for inter-
ocean canal rights and naval bases
in the Bay of Fonseca. Protests
against the naval base feature have
been made by Salvador, which con-
tends it would violate the sovereignty
OF Honduras.
Assurances to Costa Rica, Salvador
and Honduras that none of their
rights will be violated by the United
States acquiring naval base in the
Bay OF Fonseca will be incorporated
IN the ratification resolution on the
Nicaraguan treaty which the Senate
is expected to pass.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
FRENCH CAPTURES A
TRENCH
BERLIN ADMITS THE LOSS, BUT
CLAIMS SMALL GAIN
ELSEWHERE.
ARE ELAB0RATELY PREPARED
rrench Have Crossed Varder River
Near Saloniki, and Are Strength
ening Postions-Italians and
Austrians Using Big Guns.

Paris.-Further fighting in Cham
payne, the French war office an
nounces. has resulted in French forces
securing possession of certain
trenches occupied by the Germans.
The text of the statement follows:
according to further information
In our possession, the attack with
hand grenades which we executed in
champagne, in the region northeast
OF the Butte de Mesnil, gave us pos
session, after an artillery engagement,
or about 300 metres of enemy
trenches. A counter attack made by
the enemy during the night was re-
pulsed completely, and 65 prisoners,
OF whom one was an officer, remained
in our hands.
"The night was calm on the remain.
der of the front"
The. Russian offensive which has
been indicated in the reports of the
last few days is maturing rapidly over
the whole Galician front.
The Germans, according to advices
from the scene Of hostilities, are on
the defensive on three important riv-
ers-the Sereth, the Pruth and the
Dniester. Czernowitz, capital of Buk-
owlna, is again seriously threatened
by the Russian advance east of Ra-
rancho, as well as by the Russian
crossing of the Dniester at Useieczko.
where their troops are firmly en-
trenched. This move also has had
the effect of interrupting one of the
most important lines of communica-
tion between the armies of Gener-
ais Pfianzer and Won Bothmer.
A third important Russian advance
has been recorded near Zale Szczyky.
where a fierce counter-attack is de-
clared to have been successful in
the opposing forces and de-
the Hungarian troops 20
such an extent that they retired to n
new line four miles to the rear. In
addition to these breaches announced
to have been made in the opposisg
lines, the Russians have been active
to the northward of Tar
nopol, where they have moved slight
" forward. While it is admitted that
these operations have no strategical
value, it is believed in military cir
cles that the new Russian offensive
has prevented the Germans from with
irawing troops from this front, there
'y iessening the chances of success
,ul attacks on all lines elsewhere
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
Threats Against Subway

New. York.-Police have been as.
signed TO protect the subway system
from the Brooklyn terminal to the
Bronx terminal and the Hudson and
Manhattan tubes, on the strength or
a report that threat had been made
to dynamite the Underground roads.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Com.
pany asked police help. A dozen uni.
formed policemen are guarding the
Hudson Terminal building.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
Demand Rural Credit.

Washington, ID. ca. C. Davis OF
Gravette, ARK, secretary-treasurer OF
the National Farmers Union of the
United States, said that the conven-
tion of agricultural organizations now
in session here has decided to stand
on the demands that have been made
in the Grange and the Farmers
Union for rural credit measure en-
bodying direct loans from the govern
ment. Mr.. Davis was a member OF
the subcommittee which considered
this matter and which reported it to
the convention.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
opium Shipments Held.

Los Angeles, Cal.-As the United
States prohibits the importation of
opium or its derivatives from Mexico,
it should be illegal for the United
States to ship the product into that
country, according to an opinion ex-
pressed by consular agent at Ensena-
da, Mex, or the Carranza de facto
goyernn ent in refusing to permit re-
shipment or $S5,oo0 worth of the drug
from San Diego to Ensenada.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
$4,000 Traoedv at Zoo

Tulsa, Okla.-Animais valued at
$4,000 were killed at Sand Springs
when a big dancing pavilion, under
which the animals were housed, was
destroyed by fire. The Sand Springs
Zoo was the largest privately owned
in the Southwest and was the proper
ty Of Charles Page. oil millionaire.
Sand Springs is a suburb of Tulsa.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
Flags Easy" Jurymen.

San Francisco.-Shooting of some
of our feeble-minded jurymen" was
suggested as a remedy for too ire
quent acquittal of women charged
with shooting men, by Judge Frank
+. Dunno, when jury in the Supreme
Court freed Mrs. MaIcena Dyott, tried
for the second time for an assault on
her husband, Samuel Dyott, a Los An
geles real estate dealer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
GERMAN CRISIS IS
BELIEVED PASSED
APPAM CASE PRACTICALLY ENDS
"DETAILS NOT ARRANGED
v. S. DEMANDS ARE HELD.

Washington. - When Count Vor
Bernstorff called to confer with Sec
retary Lansing on the Lusitania ne
gotiations he presented a formal
communication from his government
contending that under the Prussian
American treaty the British diner Ap
pam, German prize in Hampton
Roads, should be permitted to remain
in American waters indefinitely.
At the conclusion of the confer
ence Count Won Bernstorff said:
Everything is substantially all
right, but 1t is not finished"
Secretary Lansing, in reply to In.
quirers, sent word from his Office that
the negotiations had not advanced
much.
1t was learned that some altera-
tions which concern the form of the
agreement and are regarded as minor
ones are now to be made, and that
the change involves sending the pro-
posed agreement to the Berlin foreign
Office.
Although Count Won Bernstorff has
been negotiating with the greatest
latitude up to this point, now that
the questions involved concern the
form and final wording of the agree
ment between the two countries,
every change, no matter of how minor
a nature, must be submitted to Ber-
lin.
In the opinion of German officials,
those changes which now are to be
made do not alter the effect or sub
stance of the agreement, and they
will be accepted by the Berlin foreign
Office.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
rYpERTS TO EXERT VITAL IN.
eLuENcE ON AGRICULTURAL
AND ECONOMIC WELFARE.
|1HIRTY.SEVEN new MEMBERS
|presjdent West in His Annual Ad.
dress Declared That the Indus
trial Paramount Problem Is
y the Marketing End.
Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Swine Breeders As
ociation, at its annual meeting at
esfon Rouge pledged itself to a con-
tuctive campaign which will have
dtaI bearing upon the agricultural
md economic welfare of the state. A
committee composed of l. S. West.
former president; Turner Wright,
uvernment market specialist, and
John B. Rucker, rate specialist of the
fnton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.
undertook the task Of evolving a
|ursctical marketing system for the in
|dustry in the state, and Oscar p.
|Ceren, new president, and Evan ].
Mccall, new vice president. and the
|eher officers chosen will take up va.
|Hors phases in connection with the
|sew resolve. The organization and
|fonsolidation Of community shipping
|ten.ers, with packing house in New
|0fieans as the ultimate aim. and the
|sfi]ization Of local ice plants in the
home ecured meat supply until the lar
III enterprise can be achieved, are
1sAnite and practical salient phases.
lie faith of the breeders in the future
the business was proven further
j the unanimous decision not only to
nlke the annual auction sale perma-
ut but even to expand the project,
y ne same time regulating it ac-
riding to the circumstances of the
nnson.
President !. s. West called the
noeting to order. Secretary Jordan's
'unnh report showed thirty-seven
~ members, with ninety on the roll.
lesidsnt West, in his annual ad-
-, declared that the industry's
amount problem is the marketing
nk The swine breeders and raisers
y BOW at the mercy of the tyained
v9s and the experienced breeder,
~ tie powerful packer" he said.
l1efe are violent price fluctuations
juatifed by the law of supply and
md. The New Orleans market is
1n|cient because its prices depend |
nuch upon the receipts of hogs |
cattle. The trouble is in the in
~ distribution, and the RESPONSE !
y rests largely upon the farmers"
ufged that year be spent IN
15hg the situation thoroughly and
nding solution "The local mar
eontinue to bring in products
the outside and will not encour-
dome industry" he continued. "a
Nv must be found, and it will re-
thought, cooperation and funds.
~ advertising and the upbuilding
Qe home market system are two
1e corrective expedients. The
d must be allowed a just profit
oqgured greater comfort, or the
(lns point will come" Mr.. West
zen president since the associa-
start, but would not hold the
longer. However, he urged a
eting committee that would act
work, and offered himself as a
oer m proof that he did not wish
fk his share of the task. He
nat in whatever course was final
cpted the loyal cooperation of
Ae farmers was basic.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19

Washington.-Records of the Rigs
National Bank of Washington show
ing some of the financial transactions
of Captain Franz Won Papen, have
been sent to New York for the use of
United States District Attorney H.
Snowdep Marshall in Investigations
by the federal Grand Jury of alleged
plots to violate American neutrality.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-02-19
Smaller Cotton Cron-

Washington.-The cotton crop this
year, according to the third forecast.
is estimated at 13,6S7,0 900 bales of
500 pounds, a decrease of 26 per cent
from last years crop. Department of
Commerce advices indicate the plant
ed area this year at 17,39O,OOO acres.
compared with 23,977vOO acres last
year.