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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

Cotton Goods Trade

Cotton goods prices are rising rap
idly in the primary markets. The de-
mand fo~ print cloths, sheetings, drills,
duck and many specialties, has been
persistent during the last week. Bag
manufacturers purchased literally.
Large contracts were placed for deliv-
cries extending into the first quarter
Of next year. Staple blue donims adj
vanced one-half cent yard, many
print cloths rose one-half or one cent
a yard. and very drastic advances were
named on some bleached cottons.
The retail trade was still below nor
nal, wash fabrics and white goods dis
tribution being particularly slow, al
though prices are relatively much be-
low to-day's costs of replacement. The
\obbers did not follow the advances
with additional purchases. They have
substantial orders in hand from re-
tailers. and. while many of the latter
are well supplied, the prices at which
thew own goods tends TO induce them
TO hold on TO contracts, despite a quiet
trade.
The wants Of the government were
still large, although many substantial
contracts have been placed.
Some improvement was reported IN
fine goods markets, but orders for
fancy goods for future delivery were
light. Many print cloths were quoted
at 80 cents a pound, 25 per cent more
than the top levels Of 1907 One line
Of bleached cottons was priced at the
highest figure quoted since 1871. Cot
ton yarns were irmer and higher.
Quotations are as follows; PRINT
cloths. 28-inch. G4x6ls, csc; 6ix6Os,
Csc: 3SI2-inch, 64x64s, 9i5c; brown
sheetings. Southern standards, 13Ac;
denims, 900 indigo. 22l5c; tickings,
eight-ounce. 2712c; prints, 912c; staple
ginghams, lie; dress ginghams, 15c'
nominal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
New High Record
Lease in Heart
OF Auto Centre
Kaufman-Morris Company,
Distributor for Premier
Motors Co., Lessee

4 lease involving an annual rental OF
about $4,000 gross has been completed
by the Douglas Robinson, Charles ).
Brown Company for the building at the
northeast corner of Broadway and 57th
ST., owned by Benjamin Eichberg and
Joseph S. Josephs, and now occupied
by the Fiat Motors Company and the
Kelly-Springfeld Tire Company. AT
the expiration of the present lease,
which will be September /, the Kauf-
mann-Morris Company, Eastern dis
tributer of the Premier Motors Com
pany, of indianapolis, will assume a
long lease of the premises.
The property consists of four story
and basement building, on plot meas
uring 81 feet on Broadway and 81 feet
in 57th ST.
Mr.. Kaufman, president of the leas-
ing company, is also the exclusive
American representative of the Peugeot
automobile, familiar to the followers OF
racing.
The price paid by the Kaufman
Morris Company indicates n record Tor
values in this section and assures the
permanency of 57th st. and Broadway
as the centre Of the automobile district.
Huberth & Huberth have leased the
store at 1926 and 1928 Broadway and :
and Central Park West, together with
basement space, being located in the
Americana Building at Columbus
Circle. to the Chalmers Motors Com
pany for long term of years.
This completes the rental OF the
American Circle Building IN its en-
tirety for the store, basement and Office
floors. The store floor is given over
chiefly to the automobile trade. Such
automobile concerns as the Mitchell,
Chalmers, Franklin, Hudson, Lozier,
Kissell, Republic, Lexington and Davis
companies have their headquarters in
this building.
Pease G. Gilman have leased for a
long term of years the store and base
ment and three lofts in the building
at 443 to 449 Fourth av., northeast cor
ner 30th ST., for Dodd, Mead e. Co, TO
Remy, Schmidt e. Pleissner, who have
been located at % White st. for forty
years. This is one of the largest COM
mission houses in linens and dress
goods in the downtown district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Plouchs Scarce in Northwest

The demand for tractors, fuel TO run
them and for ploughs in the North
west has become so pressing, writes a
Minneapolis correspondent Of "rhe
Tractor Trade Journal" that the prob
lem Of meeting it is becoming serious
with the majority Of jobbers and
manufacturers in Minneapolis, as well
as with the dealers and farmers
throughout the Northwest. Farming
in some places is almost at a stand
still for lack of power and equipment.
Il is stated that about 90 per cent
more farmers are buying tractors and
tractor ploughs this year than last, and
steel companies are delivering only
about so to 70 per cent Of the raw ma
tcrial the factories have contracted
for. Consequently nearly every jobber
and manufacturer is considerably be-
hind on orders. IL is reported that
last week there were thirty-seven trac-
tors standing idle near Heddington,
n. D., for lack of ploughs to draw.
Also a shortage CT both fuel and lubri-
eating oil has become evident in some
parts OF the Northwest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Oil Production

Every important oil refinery has been
steadily increasing its capacity TO pro-
duce gasolene, lubricants and motor
fuel, and it may be accepted as a trade
slogan that no loss of these products
will be permitted. Never before has
refinery construction been as active as
now, but aside from the really big
plants the new installations under way
and provided for are Of limited capacity
and intended primarily TO further local
producing interests. For time at
least the country's supply Of crude oil
will serve the demand quite satisfac-
torily and provide our own govern
ment's war acquisitions, the domestic
consuming needs and the war needs OF
the European countries. The factor
that causes worry is transportation,
both for crude and refined; really the
Transportation problem is doing more
for conservation and 10 prevent indis-
criminate and unecoaomlcal cOnsump-
ton of crude oil than all other efforts
combined, including even the widely
heralded activities Of expert bureaus
and departmental restrictions. II now
seems TO be a fOregone conclusion that
the governments own military necessi-
ties will compel the President TO inter-
fere with the frivolous theories and
schemes Of his political and scientific
bureaus and turn over to private de-
velopment all withdrawn and segre-
gated land that is or may become quick
" productive. II this action IS taken
production, particularly in California,
wyoming and other Western states,
can be somewhat increased in 1917. If
such action is not taken at once IL is
certain that the 1917 production will
be slightly less than that Of 1916
oil Trade Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
- Active Securities -
Stocks
fpy The Associated Press


prost-taking oecasioned by the usual
Weekend closing Of outstanding con-
tracts and next Tuesdays holiday prob
,bly accounted for the irregularity and
Aeaviness of the stock market. The
,hort interest also derived some en-
.ouragemeht from the further decline
in Russian exchange to a point ap-
proaching its minimum and the deer
ion of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ordering a suspension for SIX
months Of schedules on domestic
storage within the limits of New YORK
Harbor.
Unsettlement began with the set
back in st. Paul issues. the common re-
.ording a gross decline Of Srt points
end the preferred 8. The movement
spread to other grangers. also Fac'hes'
,oslers and trunk lines. recessions eX-
tending from l to points. -. &c
Motors were another element o.
weakness, their extreme losses running
from . to 8 points, while equlpnlenC'
and shippings yielded l 70 Po daIf
United States steel zen 1Is W
sfter having sold up to 1Sl q, ana al
6liated shares supplied equal reactions
with sugars. o,.;d.5
Noteworthy exceptions were prOgy,l o';
hv ths so-cailed Mexican group, Mex
"a, Petroleum scoring an extreme al
vance of 5 points, other oils rising
/ 70 2I5 and American Smelling :,
with an average of a point for other
rs Most If these gains were ell
iS Sppdi-i in the heavy offerings of the
last hour. United States Rubber re.
aimed ssio the greater part of its "a point
rise. but Industrial Alcohol and Amer ri,
IAN Wooden also forfeited their early
The bond market was irregular;
United States and Panama o0nds iose
from u to per cent on call durlhI
the week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Brazier & Co. Lease
Building on 9Th Ave
Rental of Premises for Term of
u Years Will Be $550,000

F. W. Sharp has leased for Columbia
University the former Charles +. Hoff-
man home at $40 Fifth Avenue to
Brazer & Co, who will conduct on the
premises a hat shop for men and
women, dealing in English, French and
Italian creations. They will also han
die millinery and furs. Charles G.
Brazier, president of the concern, was
for years a member of the firm of Col
Inns & Fairbanks, of Boston, and later
head of the Knox Hat Company, of this
city.
Brazier &, Co. will pay a total rental
of S55O,000 during the term of their
twenty-one-y year lease. McKim, Mead
& White, architects, are preparing
plans for altering the premises into a
five story business building for the new
tenants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
From Trade Journals
owe Have the Wheat Habit

Much hysteria has been manifested
over the food situation. The news
papers have been full of patriotic APP
peals to the populace, urban and rural
to plant more crops and yet more
crops. All of this advice, happily, has
been in the right direction, albeit some
OF the details have been sketchy IN the
extreme. Out in Topeka, Kan, lives a
quiet man who has devoted lifetime
Of earnest study to the problems OF
agriculture. His advice, not directed
to all American farmers, but only to
those who live where IL can be carried
out, is to grow grain sorghums--|afir
corn, milo, maize and feterita, that IS
His advice TO the American consumer
is TO educate himself to the use of food
derived from such sorghums. And
when Foster Dwight Coburn, for he is
tho quiet man in question, advises any
body in this respect it may be de-
pended upon that his advice has
weight. Mr.. Coburn thus authorita-
lively makes this statement, which 70
most of US is entirely new and as
toundinglv potential for the welfare or
the world: "Kaftir alone Is used as a
staple article Of diet, much as wheat is
used here, by the 100000 people Of
China, by the 3O0,000,000 of India and
by the millions in the other parts OF
the Orient. The reason why we do not
make staple of sorghums Is that we
have not been trained to it. We have
the wheat habit."-TrGctor Trade
To3frpoI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Subletting De Luxe
Suites at an Advance
Agents Of New I'D St. House
Filling Structure from Plans

Although the apartment house being
built at 81 East I'D ST. will not be
ready for occupancy until October 1,
all of the typical apartments in the
structure were rented prior to April l..
Since April to last week three sub
leases were made at advanced rentals.
The fourth sub-rental at an advance
was negotiated last week by Douglas
l.. Gilman G. Co. and Blaine Ewing,
when they leased large apartment of
fourteen rooms and four baths in the
building for J. Robinson Beard to Mrs.
Ewald Fleitmann, who recently sold her
house at AZ West nth st. They also
secured an extension of the lease for
Mrs. Fleitmann from the owners, Klein
& Jackson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Curb Market

Note.-The Tribune assumes no response
bility for the accuracy or authenticity OF curb
market quotations. The New York Curb As
sociation produces no official quotation list
Quotations are reported by individuals over
whom the association has no control Any
one can make prices on the curb and get
them printed in the daily lists, even without
the formality Of first submitting the shares TO
the Curb Association for its approval. Some
securities are regularly listed-that Is. they
are approved for trading by the Curb Associa-
ton. and it is required that information con-
corning them will be filed from time TO time
with the secretary. Such information is open
TO public inspection. Some other securities.
like the Standard Oil subsidiaries, are lad
rntted 10 quotation" without a regular list
ing. A greater number are unlisted. No one
has any authority over them. Unlisted stocks
are marked thus ('). They are principally
mining stocks. and most of them arc pros
poets" but there is nothing 10 distinguish
prospects" from operating properties IN
the unlisted group. There are few listed
mining stocks. and among these prospects
are distinguished b. the abbreviation "a
nros " after the name. With this notice duly
given. The Tribune prints all quotations
without further responsibility. Transactions
and prices Saturday were reported as iol-
lows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
So Commodities s.

creamery. frsts. 36I37c ladies'. current
make. frsts. 34iaM35c seconds. 3ic lower
grades. 32i. d33iac: packing stock. current
make. No /. 80 i-c No >. 5Jc; lower grades
3lNf32iec.
Cheese Receipts. III boxes. state
whole milk. flats. fresh. colored. specials. TO-
93iac; white. specials. 23i2c; colored. aver
age run. 2Sc: white. average run. 25c lower
grades. 22iac: twins, fresh. colored, specias.
23is fI23atc: white. specials, % y q - &c :
Wisconsin. whole milk. fancy, twins iresh,
white. 23is0233.c: cOlored. % y ~ - 'sc :
double daisies. 20 H2ic; Young Amer
g1T25t.c: state. skins. flats. specials. - =
T;gc: twins and cneddars, specials. lot2W
Zoe; flats. choice. la iSc; twins and cned-
dars. choice. 17lIl>c; fair to good ia loe :
lower grades. 6i2Gllc. ..
Eggs.-R Receipts, 25,656 case. resh GAIN
cred. extras. per dozen. 3SieH59c storage
pacbed. frsts. 37isM3Sc: seconds, sou
3Giac; fresh gathered, frsts, 500 &c; sec
onds and lower grades. 81 ga 50 &c uirSieS,
No I, 34N3lisc; No . and poorer, 5Vn pc /,
checks. good to choice. dry. 55Mo5 &c uhueI
GRADES. 3DN32c; state, pennsylvania anu
nearoy Western. hennery whites, une 70
fancy. 500 zoe: ordinary 20 good, $50 81 &c ;
rathered whites. ordinary 20 fine. - -s'i 55S .
W,-tern and Southern, gathered whites %
1faSiac: state. Pennsylvania and nearby,
hennery browns, 39M 39i2c; gathered oro"n
and mixed colors. ungraded. 36t3Sl &c; DUO
socs. Indian Runner. 42c; Baltimore 5SM
toe Western and prime Southern ooN''e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Industrial
Cotton

A further advance met heavy offer
ings in the cotton market yesterday,
and there was a sharp break in prices:
October contracts sold Off from 2215
to 21.7O and closed at that level, while
other deliveries closed 81 to 26 points
lower.
The market opened at decline Of
5 to 10 points under realizing, but the
offerings were quickly absorbed and
prices sold Is to % points net higher
right after the call on a continuation Of
Fridays buying movement. This carried
the market more than a cent a pound
above the low level reached on Fridays
reaction, and attracted heavy selling
for profits. There was also Southern
selling, accompanied by reports that
spots were row on a tenderable basis,
and sentiment late in the morning
seemed 10 be rather unsettled. owing
partly to renewed nervousness over
affairs in Russia. Prices broke ABOUT
38 to As points from the early high
level, and the close was AT Iue lV"S9'
point of the day.
There was trade buying as well as
a further broadening of speculation by
Wall Street and Western interests on
the early advance. Reports from the
goods trade indicated that the poor
crop outlook had stifened up an al
ready strong situation. and the I'M
preston was that the trade was buy
ing against forward requirements. On
the other hand. the Southern selling
here was believed TO be partly against
actual purchases Of spot cotton, and
the two features were about an Offset.
The weekend crop reviews suggested
an improvement during the last few
days. New Orleans will also be closed
tomorrow. which is the Southern Me-
mortal Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
r. E. o. P. A. Buries Axe
Rumpus Over Presidency Ends
in Victory for Schwab

The long fight which has been wage
for the presidency OF the Real Estau
Owners Protective Association was SET
tied recently, when Joseph 5. Sehwa'
was elected over L. v Well The cleo
ton was held at the weekly meeting !"
the Hotel Majestic.
At the first election, when Seh"s'
received the majority Of votes a ~
straining order was gotten out Dut '
was later dismissed and the meeuh.
was held all over again. CongreSshls'
Goldfogle and John p. O'Brien orough
the warning factions into a harmohioO'
state. -.
The complete list Of officers els s.
were: Joseph S. Schwab' pre- ig l,.l'.
George W. Loft, first yice-presiaen.a
Isidore II. Kempner, second vce-presl
dent; William c. Capleas, treasurer IRE.
and Irving Bachrach, correspondent
secretary. c.r
The board of directors were Geors
". Loft. Isidore II. Kempner. solomon
bloom Henry NJ. Goldfogle, Fran
Koch. Thomas J. Meehan, Edward y
Schroeder, Irving Baehraeh and Ne
Straus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Believes It's New
Contract Will Be
Widely Copied
Company Developing Malvern.
Has Issued One to Meet
War Conditions

The Amsterdam Development and
Sales Company, Alfred H. Wagg vice
president, which is developing the
beautiful home community at Malvernel
L. l., has issued contract which il be-
leves is so favorable to buyers that
other development concerns are likely
to issue similar contracts.
This contract provides that Il pur-
chaser of property at Malverne or on.
on whom such a purchaser is dependent
for support is called into the service a
the government and is killed or ind
capacitated- the company will give Al
full warranty deed for the lots on
houses held under purcha contract
and will take back a first mortgage fo1
five years for the unpaid amount Al
the low rate of 21s per cent interest.
Another interesting feature Of thd
contract provides for largely reduced
payments and reduced interest on uni
paid balances if a purchasers income
is reduced by reason Of his entry into
the service of the United States. Soxe
OF the lOks NJ andlftAN t etN ""tN VI
payments Of S. a month and 6 per cent
interest on unpaid balances. To those
whose incomes are reduced by entering
the service Of the country payments Of
81 a month are 20 be permitted and the
interest rate dropped 20 - per cent.
As a final concession 20 purchaser
this company has agreed 10 permit
such interest TO run unpaid and to sc'
cumulate, demanding only that II d
paid before deed TO the property is de|
livered. This gives the buyer The 81
tion of paying arrears az any time pei
fore the date in the contract on whle'
a deed is to be delivered.
"Our inclination was 20 cut out a
interest charges under such contracts
said Mr.. Wagg yesterday but we iel
that would be too much Ike charity
As a matter Of fact, the plan we hay1
adopted means a considerable financial
loss to the developers Of Nalyerne' ou]
we are satisfied If We can but help tn1
investors or homeseekers who may Il
affected by the extraordinary demand
of the nation at e time Ike tn1
present"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Big Shipbuilding
Concerns Seeking
Queens Location
Fourteen Establishment.
Employing 5S3 Persons.
Already in Borough

Several large concerns are neyo,,..
ing for waterfront property in Queen.
Borough for new shipbuilding prOi.r,,
There are already in the borough for,
teen establishments engaged in the ca,
struction of boats and repairs. Ths,.
industries employ $50 persons, and n !.
value OF their products for the va,
1915 was S1,275,O0O, according 70 N.
figures of the industrial census recs,,
ly compiled by the Queens Chamber A,
Commerce. Some of these concern,
are: Red Star Towing Company. Lon,
Island City, repair work; Astoria Bo,,
Works, Long Island City, lifeboats an
launches; Welin Marine Eeuipms,,
Company, Long Island City. Hfebo.,.
and motor boats; Chris Weiland Ma
peth, lifeboats; Wards Dry Dock Ion.
Island City, boat building; George !
Stelz, College Point, pleasure boat,
Dry Dock Company, Long Island Civ
repair work; MacWiliams Brotbe,.
Long Island City, small boats; Stand
ard Oil Company, Long Island City ~.
pairs, and Long Island Machine and M. .
rine Construction Company, Long II.
and City, marine machine works.
THE foregoing are but few Of N.
advantages to the shipbulding industrv
offered by the Borough Of Queens. and
in my opinion, there will be q great d.
velopment of this industry in Queer,
during the course of the present war \
says Walter |. Willis, secretary OF M.
Queens Chamber of Commerce.
"The advantages that Queens has "a,
the location of shipbulding concern,
on its waterfront are unsurpassed any.
where in New York City or vicinitv
With every facility for the recent al
raw materials, with the best labor SIM.
ply available through its new ranid
transit extensions, connecting with AM
parts of the city; with nearly 200 mile,
of water frontage on the East River
Newtown Greek, Flushing Bay, Jsmaie,
Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; with m Il
many miles of Long Island Railroad
tracks, a large part OF which are ad.
jacent to the waterfront, and with The
new bridge across He'll Gate Of the New
York Connecting Railway, Queens Boz
ough is destined, | have no doubt to
become a great shipbuilding centre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03
Place Loan of $165, 900 on
Old Evening Post Building

Rice & Hill have just secured loan
OF Sl65,OO0 for the Broadway-John
Street Corporation. Elias A. Cohen
president. on the old Evening Post
building. a ten story office structure at
the southeast corner of Broadway and
Fulton ST.. a Dutch Reformed Church
leasehold, purchased about seven
montbs ago. and now being extensively
altered. Nearly all the remodelled por,
ton of the building has been rented
from the plans, and when completed
will yield a rental of sl5O.oo1. whieh IL
cent over the former rentals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

Sales Open. High. Low Last
$500 Louisiana Con-. lTs .U
1915 sfMagmatic c.. p 20 Is q
5000 iMagnate Cop. "a ~ ~ IL
1860 Marysville G Vi. lIs s
$500 milford Cop. 1Ss IA Ia -
100 'Mohican c Co. - a - -
100 Monster Chief. i 81 ~ "a
5000 sTMother Lode. 30 50 80
GOO Infancy II NJ. "a
2100 'tNat Leasing. IS 10 - 10
5000 NAT Zinc & L. 60 70 90 ~
1900 'Newray Mines. 81 "a "a -
3400 N Y Il (ap). " " ..s .,'2
5000 nixon Nevada 90 50 ~ 90
2000 90 Cop new W liz liz 13s "
1000 Portl Con Cop. g q "a Is
1900 fRoch Mines. .. 81 81 % %
40. goo IS; ;s3s4 4gS III IL 81 Il" % !"
500 santa Rita ID. "a g "a %
500 Senorita Cop. 134 fs Ia 10
1000 Silver X Of Ar y s1 = .z
500 Stand Silver-i,. n = - =
800 Stewart ....... y - - -
600 Sup Cop (ap) 10 "a lIs -
80 'Tonopah Bel.
$50 Tonopah Ext. 2Iis 21s 2Ts SIs
500 sfTroy-Ariz o.. 20 80 20 %
1000 'tUtah Nat y ga ga go ga
900 Unity Gold NJ. ga SO ga SO
200 White Caps. lis ia is lIs
1000 fYering " c.. 81 g 81 81