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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
New Orleans Futures
Port Movement

New Orleans: Middling, 27.SSc; re- ceipts, 12,5oS; sales, 2551; stock, 260,- 134.
 Galveston: Midding. 27.75c; receipts, 1S,015; sales. 1211; stock, 25o,4Ss
 Mobile: Middling, 27.SSc; receipts, S91; sales, 1S2; stock, 20,S64.
 Savannah. Middling. 2S.13c; receipts, 1l,770; sales. 1427; stock, 239,6sS.
 Charleston: Middling, 27Ac; receipts, T59; sales, Al; stock. 4S,704
 Wilmington: Middling, 27s4c; re- ceipts, $50; stock, 52.215.
 Texas City: Stock, 1867.
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Over WI E CampbeIps Wire

New Orleans, November 13.-No ag-
 gressive trading, one way or the other,
 appeared in cotton today. Business was restricted to some extent by the bureau report on mill takings due the first thing tomorrow morning. This is ex- pected to show continued large consump- ton and small mill stocks. but there has been enough uncertainty over the matter to put many traders to holding opera
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next years Cuban crop. No new features
 were reported in the market today and
 prices for raws were unchanged at 57sc,
 cost and freight, equal to 6.90c for cen-
 trifugal and 6.02c for moiasses with no sales reported Tn refined prices were un- changed at S.35c for fine granulated with only a few of the refiners taking orders and then only in very limited way, while some were out of the market en- tirely.
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tions down to small limits during the last day or SO Political news was again
 favorable, which made for higher open
 ings, together with wide bulges in Liver pool In early trading prices rose to l4
 points but heavy realizing was znet and
 the market fell off until the active
 months were 10 to 13 points under close
 of yesterday. The market became dull
 but steady and in early afternoon stood
 at Q net decline of about points. The
 spot situation is as soungi as ever and
 it is increasingly evident that the demand
 is sufficient to take care of every bale
 offered. There is every indication that
 the strongest demand ever known would
 spring up if buyers could command the
 shipping they need to carry on their busi- ness. We believe that holders are fnan- cially strong enough to carry all cotton in the south until place is found for 1t. With no pressure to sell on the spot we believe contracts will improve and advise buying on all sort periods.-Shep- ard & Gluck.
 Chicago.-The corn market should have another dip over night followed by a rally Wednesday. No fresh news indicat- | ing that an immediate downturn in corn l is in sight. The cash corn movement is below the average and low grades con- <, tinue to sell at fancy prices. The market 1 looks as though it will be affected by soft corn news the rest of week.-Wag- ner.
 | New York, November 1S.-This market, while not showing any great strength. is i quiea at the decline and to me this is an excellent sign that the liquidation l is partly if not fully completed. Buy l American Can and keep it.-Clark- Childs :, & Co.
 l New Orleans The Watkins bureau says
 the crop was 76.s per cent picked and
 e6.6 per cent ginned on November l. GlncS.
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Liyerpool Cation

Liverpool, November 13.-Cotton, spot in fair inquiry, prices firm. Good middling, 2347d; middling, 21.95d; low midddling. 2t.42d; good ordinary, 20 42d; ordinary, 1992d. Sales, 25,O00, including 1000 Amer ican. Receipts, SO,20o, ali American. Flu lures closed easy. New contracts: Jan- uary, 21.94d; March, 21.93d; May, 21.s3d. Old contracts, fixed prices: November 20.25d; December-January, 19.70d; Tebru- March, 19.51d; April May, 19.34d; June- July 19 1Sd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Market Bureau Quotations Are
 Beginning to Cut Prices in Suburbs
px JouN C. MOSES

Business remained the same on Morris avenue yesterday. rather inactive. The unsettled and warm weather Is more or less influencing the wholesale district. Various changes were made in the red eral official list.
 Cotton remains firm at old quotations Sugar is still scarce with shipments promised soon.
 Reports are coming in from the suburbs that the publication of the official ted- era1 prices each day is having effect on the retailers in various sections, as con sumers are complaining about the large margin of profit on some lines
 Quotations were as follows:
 Official Price List United States Department of Agricul- ture, Bureau of Markets. Birmingham, November F, 1917. Office, sOs-SGs Jefferson County Bank building. Telephone Main 544O. Daily market news bulletin.
 Prices base on sales to retailers).
 N. B.-These are not retail prices, but the price at which your retail merchant can buy the articles mentioned. F ONIONS Red Globes, per pound ....s...........4c
 Small Green, per bunch 41ka5c APPLES | Bulk stock, various varieties (best per peck ................ 25GI30c Bulk stock, various varieties {poorer) per peck ............. 20a25c Barrelled Stock I Firsts, Albermarle. Pippins, Mis- souri Pippins, Yorks and W1nesaps, Der peck ............ 5eQo0c Seconds, Missouri Pippins Wine saps, per peck .-............... 40960o 1 CABBAGE Danish, per pound ............... 2a214c 1 CELERY l In Rough (not punched or washeds per stock ...................... 61a9lOc | 1REENs- Various kinds, per bunch ...... 21A@4c LETTUCE
 Home Grown, per head ........ 2,aaso Louisiana, per head ............ 71aQ8c Florida, per head ...........-..! 9@1Uc RADISHES- Per bunch ........................ 3a5c -RISI POTATOES Round Whites Cbest) per peck d5 poundso .-....;.:..-............ 42laa4oc Yellow yams and Porto Ricans,
 per peck ...............,....... 25Q9oc 1 SPINACH Per Bunch .......................... 7QSc | TURNIPS- Rutabaga, per pound .............. 2c Round whites, in punches of about 5, per bunch ............ S1aq5c DRY BEANS l Limas and Navys per pound N. 16c I Black Eye, per pound ............ He 1 GRAPES Northern Black Varieties, per 4-lb I pony basket .................. 22@Z3c November 13 1917 Office, S0s-9 Jefferson T. C. BUsHFIELD, Market Station Assistant.
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Metal Market

New York, November 1S.-Metal ex- change quotes tin strong; $71 bid; lead. firm; spot, $6.30 bid: spelter firm; East St. Louis delivery spot, $7.75@S. At Lon don spot copper. e1l0; futures, G110; cleo trolytic, ;e125; spot tin, .e273 15c; futures, E27s; lead spot, GS0 los; futures, G29 los; spelter spot, 54; futures, s50.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, November 13.-Cotton seed oil was nervous and cratic with small liquidating trade. January sold from s1S.5O to $1s.26 and closed at s1S.35 De- cember closed 35 points higher; January , lower and March 4 points net higher. Tenders, 800 barrels; sales, 590o barrels; prime crude, $16.93.
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Dry Goods Market

New York, November 13.-Cotton goods here today were firm with heavy goods active. Yarns were firm; mems wear is growing scarcer; raw silk was easy and quiet; export demand was steady, but sales restricted by scarcity of stock goods and difficulties in arranging shipments.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

fn McrchanaN. Hanover eamare. N.
 Members New York Cotton Ex-
 ,4anEe. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. x.vew York Produce Exchnnge Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for tho purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future m mdslivery Special Attention and spot cotton for delivery. Correspond, cnce invited
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Rice Market

New Orleans, November 13.--Rough and clean rice continued steady today. Re- ceipts: Rough, 153A sacks; millers, 1o- 6S0; clean, S137 pockets. Sales: Rough Honduras 70 sacks; clean Honduras, 51o0 cts; Louisiana Pearl, 151. Quote: Clean Louisiana Pearl. 51sa7 5-1sc; others un- changed.
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Live Stock
s. R. Stewart & Co.

Scf-s Woodward nldE.. Birminxhan,. Ala. Cotton, stocks. bonds, grain. provisions and cotton seed oil. New Orleans cor. respondents Jno. F. Cla K & O. Direct private wire. continuous quotations
 Phone Siain 6e7. w. I. PHELTs. AlEr.
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Over S. R. Stewart & Co.'S Wire


 New Orleans. November 1S.-The ad- a continuance of unfavorabie import con- 6itions.
 Press news this morning on the foreign political and war situation was rather more indefinite.
 Our market opened slightly higher on some scalpers buying based on the ex- pectation of trading for a bullish con- sumption report tomorrow and possible further tightening by December inter- ests, but trading was moderate and con- ditions, owing to the indefiniteneSs of foreign news and weakened technical conditions. It is being realized that un- favorable news might affect the market, more easily. after so much short cover ing and at the higher level. The ma jority seem to still believe in a further advance, particularly under the stimulant of small private crop estimates between now and the government bureau early in December
 The map shows cloudiness in south Texas and generally over the Atlantic with precipitation over Tennessee north Georgia and the Carolinas. Indications are for increasing cloudiness generally and there are renewed prospects for un settled rainy weather west of the river towards Thursday.
 There is an unconfirmed rumor that all Liverpool freight rates are suspended. There has not been shipping from here for some time and it will be remembered that Washington announced few days ago that military necessities require a further absorption of available commer- cial tonnage.--John r. Clark Ss Co.
 New York.-If appearances are worth anything, there is big short interest in General Motors, which will have diff ficuity in covering The market is be- coming more rational. It looks as though it would simmer down and get dull for a while. It is the best thing that could happen to it. There looks to be quite Ian accumulation. of Reading Everything points towards some substantial advance in rails in the not far off future. We will have backing and filling, and oc- casional liquidation. Barring tremendous selling, like that of as week ago. prices should improve-E. r. Hutton & Co.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, November 13. 3.-Turpentine, firm; 46c. Sales, none; receipts, 1858; shipments, 1lo; stock, 23,753. Resin, firm; sales, l4i5; receipts, 1882; shipments, 1255; stock. 76,s22. Quote: B, D, E, F, c, s6. 10; H, l, s6.1S; k, $6.45; NJ, $s.70; N, $7 45; VIC. E.55; wv, s7.7O.
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Cash Grain

Chicago, November 1s.-Corn, No. 2 yellow, s2.2S; No. yellow, s2.25; No. 1 yellow, nominal. Oats, No 3 white, 64ls0 66c; standard, 65G65s4c. Rye, No. ?, $1.7siA; barley, $1 .1011 .34; timothy, $56l7. 50. Clover. s20a26. Pork, nominal. Lard. s27.So6 q. 40; ribs. nominal.
 Kansas City, November 13-Corn, No. mixed, s1.9sG2.O2; No. white, 8 10Q2. .20; No. yellow, $1.97q2.0 06. Oats. No. 2 white, 651a@661ac; No. mixed, 63065c.
 St. Louis, November 1S.-Cash corn higher; track No. ?, $1.s5; No. 2 white $l. .90a1 .91 December. 1.24; May, s1171s Oats, higher; track No. ?, e31641kc; No 3 white, 6a14g65c; December, 651sc; May E5c
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Sugar and Cereals Granulated Sugar-S.s3c. Rice-Fancy Blue Rose, SS cwt. Fancy Rice-T per cwt. Grits-Cartons, $1 dog. Grits-Sacks. SS.S5.
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Virginia Croaker-1oc. Maryland Oysters-s2.25 gal. Medium Select-S2 gal.
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A French scientist is trying to prevent logs by floating small quantities of oil on rivers to check evaporation.
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Fish

Cattle: Receipts, 5To0; higher. Native beef steers, .$S. % O 16.5 50; yearling steers and heifers, $T.00@16.00: cows, S5.00@ HOO; sstockers- and feeders, $6.50 @ 11.50; Texas quarantine steers, s7.50 e l0.5O. fair to prime southern beef steers, s9.O0@12.75; beef cows and heifers, $6.00@10,o0; prime yearling steers and heifers, S7.50@1 1000; native calves, So.to
 Q11.75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 2a00; steady. Lambs, $1S.00@1s.T5; ewes, s10oo@1e.5o; weth- CTS. $11.00@12.25; canners and chop pers $5.50@S.50.
 Kansas City. November 1S.---Hogs: Receipts. 10000; higher. Bulk, s17.2o@ 17.so; heavy. s17.4o@17.75; packers and butchers. s17.2o@1770; light, $17.00@ 17.40; pigs, s16.75@1710.
 Cattle: Receipts, 15000. including 500 southerns steady. Prime fed steers,
 s15.50@1G.75; dressed beef steers, s11.o0
 @15.0O; southern steers, s6.00Q11.00; cows, $5.40@10.00; heifers, s6.5o@l2.00;
 stockers and feeders, $7.00 O 11.50; bulls.
 $6.00@7.75; calves, $6.50@12.00.
 Sheep: Receipts. $5000 higher.
 Lambs. $16o0 @1700; yearlings, $12, 2,00@
 1850; wethers, s11.O0@12.50; ewes, $9.50
 @11.50.
 ceipts, 24000 strong. Bulk, $17.25@
 17sO; light, $1s.so@17. 50; mixed. s1s.so OHIO; heavy. $l6.9O@17.7O; rough,
 $16so@171O; pigs, $13.55 @17.50. Cattle: Receipts, 15.000; steady. Ma tive steers, $6.S5@16.50; western steers,
 $5.S5 O 13.40; stockers and feeders. $5.65 @11.35; cows and heifers, $4.50@11.65; calves, $6.76@13.25.
 Sheep: Receipts. 1400o; steady Weathers, $S.70@12.S5; ewes, s7.50@ 11.25. lambs, s12.00@16.65. 
 Coffee Market New York, November 13-Reports that one of the prominent Brazilian steamship lines would discontinue it's European service. appeared to create rather more optimistic view of pros poets for ocean room between Brazil and this country in coffee circles here today. There was also some selling on reports of more numerous firm offers i from Santos, and after opening at a decline of l to points, futures eased off with the close showing a net loss of 8 to II points. There was scattered trade selling as well as liquidation on the decline to 7.03c for December and 7.48c for May, andf the business in eluded commercial switching from De- cember to later months. Closing bids: December, 7.05c; January, 7.14c; March, AS2c; May, 749c; July, 7.65c; septem- Der. 7S2c.
 Spot coffee quiet. Rio Is. 7a4c; Santos f's. 91sc. Tlie cost and freight mar ket was Irregular but showed little change on the average, although of sers were more plentiful. santos As : were offered at 9.l56S 9.4Dc and Rio 7's at 7;65c, London credits. steamer ship neuts.
 The official cables reported no change in the Rio market. Cuwr~ Nrn~I~nk
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Sugar Market

New York, November 1s.-The sugar trade is still waiting the outcome of the controversy in regard to the price for
 iis f s
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Flour and Feedstuff

Flour and Feedstuff Michigan Patent Flour-S12.S 50. Idaho Patent Blour-s1l. 30. Tennessee Patent Flour-s1155. High-Grade Self-Rising Elour-s11 so. Northumberland Self-Rising Flour-$11 .G5. Hard Winter Wheat Flour-s12. .05. Perfection Cornmeal-$3.s5 per 96-pound sack
 Hen Feed-s3.90 per 1o0-pound sack. Mixed Horse and Cattle Feed-$54Q6O. c. s. Meal per cent-S52 Cremo Feed Meal--S42 Old Style Hulls-S25 Lintless ITulls-s16. Gray Shorts-S56 Wheat Bran-$4l. Corn-$1.73. Corn Chops-S4. No White Oats-S5c bushef Wheat--$4 per luO-pound sack. Choice Pea-Green Alfalfa-sSS per ton. Choice Timothy Hay-s3s. No. Timothy Hay-sS7 per ton. No. 1 Johnson Grass-$23.
 Fruits and Produce Cocoanuts-Sc each. Bananas-Large, $2.5603. Fresh Peanuts-12c ID. Oranges California, S450. Limes-Imported, 90cq$l. California Malaga Grapes-s1159l.N. Colorado Celery-9oc doz., so crate. Cranberries-s325 per cate; $l5 barrel. Snap Beans-S3 hamper. Florida Oranges-$45o box. Lemons-$5.
 Grapefruit, s4.
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Produce Market


 Chicago, November 13.-Butter higher; creamery, 3S1s944c. Eggs higher; re- ceipts, 5SS6 cases; firsts, A0441sc; ordi- nary firsts, 40Q41c; at mark, cases in- cluded, 39Q41c. Potatoes lower; receipts, 45 cars. Wisconsin, Michigan and Mfnne- sota, bulk, $.75q2; do sacks, s3s10Q2. %. Poultry, alive, higher; fowls, 17G2c; springs, 20c.
 Kansas City, November 1S.--Butter, eggs and poultry unchanged.
 New York, November 13.--Butter steady; receipts, 7S03; creamery, higher than extras, 45@451ac; creamery extras, g. score, 441kc; firsts, 42G44e. Eggs irregu- lar; receipts, 1884; fresh gathered extras, 5l@52c; extra firsts, 49@5Oc; firsts, 4604Sc. Cheese steady; receipts, 36S9 cases; state fresh specials. 23c; do average run, 22Gp 225sc Dressed poultry steady; prices un- changed. Live poultry firm, no prices quoted
 St Louis, November 13-Poultry, butter and eggs unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
 Bonds
Sales in TIfrh Low

Y. s. .2s, registered ............ ssa M. s. 2s. coupon ................ 9eA U. S. 3s. registered ......... 99
 T. S. 3s. coupon .............. s9
 T. S. Liberty S1as 30 U. s. As registered ... 1O5
 U. s. as coupon ............... 105
 Bethlehem Steel ref 5s............Ssa Cen. of Ga. Con. 5s .. .SS5s Illinois Central ref. 4s ......7S& Louisville & Nashville un. 4s. ....s5As Seahoard Air line adj. IS ...4SM Southern Bell Telephone 5s .... 91
 Southern Railway 5s .92zs southern Hallway gen. As ........ 5914 Y. E. steel 5S .....-.......,. .9S&
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Birmingham Live Stock

Birmingham Live Stock
 (Union Stockyards) Fec Steers: Good to Choice-7@8c. Medium to Goed-6@6sc. Common to Medium-511AQ6c. Grass cattle according to weight, quai- ity and flesh: Steers-6@7c. Fat Cows-6Q6Izc. Medium Cows-5. .25Q5.75c. Cutters-4. .5sg Zoe. Canners-4 75Q5c. Heavy Bulls-575@6.25c. Light Bulls-5Q5.50c. Oxen--4G5c. Fat Yearllngs-6G6.5 6.50c. Medium Yearlings-4. .75q5.25c. Vealers-6Q7c. Hogs: Choice Corn Fed Hogs, ls5 and up-- l4915c. Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 1s5 to 15O-1s@ 14c
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs 90 to 1a5-11@12c. Light Pigs, 90 Pounss Down-lo4llc. Best Heavy Rough Hogs-1l1sQ1Sc. Half Fat Hogs-10Ql1c. Soft and oil hogs from 1c to 2c per pound less than above prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Money Market

New York, November 1s.-Mercantile paper. 5la per cent. Sterling e0-day bills, SA7l1s; commercial 60-day bills on banks, M-7l; commercial 60-day bills, $i.707s: de- nland. S4.75M; cables $4.765s. Bar silver, S6c. Time loans easier; 50 days, 5Gl5A per cent; 90 days. 5l4G5ta per cent; six months, 51aQ5s4 per cent. Francs demand, 5.76A l: cables, 5.74sl. Builders, demand, A; ca bles, 441a Lires, demand, S.45; cables. S,z3 Rubles, demand, l21a; cables, 12sz. Mexican dollars, Gee Government bonds steady, Railroad bonds feavy.
 London. November 13.-Bar silver. 43ss penceNper ounce. Money, 4 per cent. Dis count rates: Short bills. 4ss per cent; thre emonths bills. 4% per cent.
 Live Stock
 St. Louis, November 13-IIogs: Re- ceipts. 6e00; higher. Lights, S17.25@ 17.50; pigs. s14.50@1675: mixed and Butchers. s17.s5@17.so: good heavy. ldz60@17.75; bulk. $17.a5@17.65
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Hides and Tallow

Hides and Tallow Green Salt Hides-1SQ19c. Half Cured-17Q1Sc. Green Hides-l6@l7c. Dry Flint Hides 7Q3Sc. Dry Salt Hides-33@35c. Damaged Hides-IIalf price. heepskins--25c@si.25 Horse Hides-S245. Ginseng-s7@S. Colt skins 25MS0c. Sherlings-25@3oc. Goat Skins-40 40@50c. Hog Skins-1eq15c. Beeswax-2S430c. Tallow-12@13c. Washed Wool-65GToc. Clear Unwashed Wool-50QS5c. Burry Wool-3o@35c.
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Poultry
Creamery Products

Creamery PrOductS Butter-Creamery 4s1sc; southern but ter, 4fc; oleomargarine, BOG. Full Cream Cheese-23c.
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CORN ANDOATS BOTH SHOWED ADVANCES
Bears Hold Board During Most of Sessions-Pr0yi-
 si0ns Go Up With Hogs

Chicago. November 13.-Falling ofi in receipts and in notices of rural con signments did good deal today to ral' 1y the corn market from weakness that was associated with Wall street de- clines Corn closed strong. ss 91Ac net higher, with December SIZES and May $1.16%@1.17. Oats gained E z@1c, and provisions 10a37c
 Bears had the advantage in the corn market until the last hour of the ses- sion. Setbacks to values of securities at New York appeared to be responsi- ble for much of the selling here. but absence of any immediate prospect of seasonable cold weather operated as something of an offset. Besides consid- erable hesitancy developed about press. ing the bear side in the face of gov ernment minimum on hog prices and the consequent Likelihood of sustained demand for corn to feed on farms. De- creasing supplies made shorts yet moro uneasy toward the last of the day, and no great amount of buying was needed
 to lift the market quite briskly at the finish.
 Demand from houses with seaboard connections put strength into oats, all though at first weakness prevailed of corn.
 A bulge in hog quotations hoisted provisions. Realizing sales followed but had no lasting effect Future quotations were as follows: fFnrn--- c T.Cwy
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Corn Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. ...1.2o1s 121ss 1.20 1.21ss May ....1.15a4 1.175s 1.14N 1.1sE Dec. .... esA e4ss e2N e&x May g, esA s4@ 6 s4as Jan. ....-.45.75 45.so 45.so zs.so
 Lard
 Nov. e..... .... .... .... 7725
 Ribs
 Jan ......244o s445 242s s4.45 May ..-....... 24.1o s3.9o 241o
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
he Russian army. ! lie answer

the Russian army. lie answct
) THE masses are worn out economf
cally The disorganized state -of life
in general has had a psychological
effect on the people. They doubt the
possibility of the attainment OF their
hopes"
what is the lesson to the democ
racies of the world of the Russian
revolution?"
RecaI. History.
This" Premier Kerensky replied
sis for them to find out They must
not lose faith in the Russian revolu
tion because it is not a political rev
olution, but an economic one. and "a
revolution of facts. The Russian
revolution is only seven months old
No one has the right to feel disillu
stoned about it. 1t will take years
to develop.
''In France, which is only as large
as three Russian departments (states)
1t took five years for their revolution
to develop fully"
Hopes for All Good Things.
Asked what he expected from the
constituent assembly, the premier
said:
The constituent assembly begin:
new chapter in the history of the
revolution. It's voice certainly viii
be the most important factor in. the
future of Russia"
What future do you picture fol
Russia after the war;"
mo one can draw any real picture
of the future Kerensky said. "Natur
ally a man who really loves his country
will hope for all good things. but that
is only his viewpoint, which may oil
may not be accepted by others"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-03
SINKING U-BOATS FAST
Lord Geddes Tells Commons
OF Successful Warfare.
Britain Speeds Up On Destruction
While German Construction
Is Faster.

London, Nov. 3.--Sir Eric Geddes in
his maiden speech as first admiralty
lord, told the house of commons that
England has sunk nearly half of the
German submarine fleet during the
war and is now sinking them at a
faster rate than ever.
Notwithstanding this fact he said,
Germany is likewise speeding up on
the building of submarines.
Sir Eric's facts were the first reve-
lation from official sources of com
parative figures showing the success
of England's war of determination
against the submarine. England has
heretofore kept strictly silent on how
many submarines have been bagged
Ceddes announced sweeping chang.
es in the admiralty, tending to divorce
naval experts from purely admiuistra-
tive details, so that they can concen.
trate on naval problems. He an.
nounced that it had been decided to
construct four new national ship
building yards to speed mp construc-
tion of merchantmen.
The admiralty lord declared that
the loss in tonnage of British mer-
chantment during the entire war was
two and a half millions OF tons
slightly exceeding the British losses
in September.
During the war Sir Eric estimated
that 40 to so per cent of the German
submarines in the North Sea, the
Atlantic and the Arctic oceans had
been sunk.
Those sank in the last quarter
were as many as the total for the
year 1916" he held I'VE are sinking
submarines at faster rate" the ad'
miralty head declared, but at the
same time Germany is building them
at a faster rate"