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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
IRREGULARITY RULES
TRADING IN CORN
Demand From Distillers Is
Small, Contrary to Ex-
pectations
CHICAGO, Aug. 81.

CHICAGO, Aug. zl'
Considerable irregularty was shown in
the corn market today Early strength, due
to the general covering Of shorts, was fol-
lowed by lower prices as the advance re-
corded in the session brought but larger
offerings. ,
contrary to expectations there was little
apparent demand from distllers, and dis
patch from Peoria stated that the distilllhs
demand there was very poor.
The available supply of corn In the United
States for the week increased SbLOoo
bushels to S.215OOO bushels. At the END
corn was steady, December closing at
S1.0S% GLOSS after making advance TO
s1.O9% and low OF sl07ss. The high
for May was s1.0Sh and the low Sl'os'
The final price was s1.07
Oats covered about the same course as
corn, profit-taking by shorts causing carry
advances on which fresh offerings were
encountered but the market showed a steady
tone throughout. There was some operators
who expressed the opinion that the market
would have worked higher but for the
fact that realizing sales were In evidence,
brought about by the brilliant outlook for
the crop.
September closed x higher at 52%. The
high was So Y and the low 52h. December
ended X lower at 53B, after ranging from
54B to say. May was about ss lower at
the close at 57b to 81. The high was
5Sh and the low 56%.
The sample market was considerably
stronger than that for futures
As usual there was little interest In the
market for wheat futures. September at
the opening was &c higher at S2,07. rose
tC s2.1O, and closed at that figure bid.
Leading futures ranged as follows: ,,-,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
COTTON ENDS HIGHER
ON EXPORT DEMAND
Clearances the Largest in Many
Weeks-Advance Follows
Big Drop
NEW YORK. Aug. 21-

An entire reversal OF front was displayed
on the Cotton Exchange today. and for the
greater part of the session there was a. good
tone. At the end prices were 10 to l6
points net higher. What was perhaps the
most important influence was the clearance
OF more than $4,000 bales for export, the
largest total In many weeks.
Around the ring II appeared that the
sentiment was still quite bearish on the
average, but the market was helped. To a
large extent. by unfavorable crop advicss
which drifted In from the eastern belt.
More attention was paid to weather CON.
ditions this morning than to bullish foreign
political nevis which accounted for an
opening drop from ~ to II points. with
the exception of Southern Texas, which is
still dry. the weather outlook was REGARDED
favorably While the map showed No
further rains In Texas. private advices
noted scattering rains. including a shower
at Temple.
The opening decline carried tho mart.,
about 265 to ESQ points under the best pricss
touched since the publication Of the Aurus,
bureau report and ITO points under the high
level Of last week In the case Of Octobsr
contracts '0'e'
1t was checked by covering ana the mar.
ket rallied some 20 to rs points from ~.
lowest later m the morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
NEW YORK, Aug. 21,

Prices suffered
mar the Bethlehem
70 o1 and the rough riders
losses ranging points
Behehem
and an
% United States Steel
all with the
value
hey were not able to make much impression United
common because that will
ana VIII
Haven andDe
Hudson
which traded years
the trading the railroad list
OF the traders
There title activity
5S% 5Sb United
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
STOCK MARKET IS BROADER HERE;
PRICE CHANGES ARE GENERALLY SNAIL
Many Issues Which Have Been Absent From Tape Make
Their Appearance Liberty Bonds Active
and Higher

United States Steel common v,, a,
only stock which showed any signs O, NV a''
sure. and at one time during the af,.up
1t was off more than a point Most st.rnoon -, 20,
trading was in this issue, and the dec,,,,,Ine ,ne
tendency In 1t was brought about hy h',nlns ns
sure against the issue in Wall street pres
Nothing was done in Philadelphia p,,,.
Transit trust certificates until well on ,po =
the second hour when the price was Nm. ~
changed Very little was done in thsn, sn- s
the remainder of the day. but ths n-,o .or
moved UP fraction. In the bond d,v,.,st r.'es
attention was attracted to Liberty hnnsla
which were the most active and sold hJonu
York Railways Company gross earr,nuI
in July were sss.15S, an increase of saaus
while the net showed a gain of sal
amounting to S41,061. For eight n,on'.t
the gross amounted to s6Ss,324, a ga,n 20
s63,ss2. and the net was $S61,l7s, an w VI
crease Of $21,634. ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

The stock market in this city took on new
life today. While the amount OF pusi-
ness done In the individual issues was not
large, the market was broader than II mas
been in many weeks. Stocks when nave
been absent from the tape for some time
made their appearance. The broadening
tendency did not make It's appearance until
the afternoon session. Prior to that time
trading Jagged and was in about the same
condition as yesterday
There were no movements OF importance
as far as prices were concerned, these fol-
lowing n very narrow course throughout
the full five e-hour session. The fact that no
individual stock developed any great
amount of activity illustrated very plainly
that the public was not In the market ana
such transactions as we're put through were
almost wholly by the professional element.
making the market distinctly traders
one. Taking 1t sll in all the market acted
very well.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

AIRPLANE STOCKS
HOLD ATTENTION
Buyers at Top Are Uneasy Over
Outlook on
Curb

NEW YORK, Aug. 81.
For the present more interest is attached
on the Broad Street Cur1 to the trading In
airplane issues than to any other group Of
stocks. Those shares made an extravagant
response few weeks ago to the reports of
profits to come from Government expendi-
lures, but the buyers at the top are now
uneasy over the outlook and disappointed
holders have been l.qudatlng for some time.
Wright Martin Aircraft which sold down
to 8 yesterday. was in better demand, rang
ing from to 9%, and Curtiss Airplane,
after opening at 461a. rallied to above A.
Mining stocks were irregular. There was
brisk trading in Emma Consolidated. In
dependent oil stocks were steady. Canadian
Government SIS sold at S6%, General Elec-
at gsA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
Financial Briefs

A special meeting of the board Of r.
ayers Of the New York Coffee ana s,,sn-
Exchange has been called for this afternosoan,
at 3:15 o'clock. 1t is believed that '..n
report of the committee just returnaS IN, .ne
a conference at Washington with Foo iom on
ministrator Hoover will be presentsa Aa.
this meeting. al
The New York Stock Exchano. -.
stricken from list Chase National Rsnr
New York. capital stock "' OF
The New York Subtreasury gained ,.,o
600 from the banks yesterday. reduc,ns ~.
cash net loss since Friday to s5,7ss, ,ooo mo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

CHICAGO, Aug. 21. - BUTTER - Roo.,,.
rss soc p0Snas rsts ss8ss. sE8fssss 4o
37hc; extras to grocers' prints, 44c; i,hs oo1 2
packing stock, 3343sN C. '''' 'uos' 4Sc;
oo oEGGS-Receipts. 1S,6Ss cases Firsts o,a
80c ordinary frsts. 80 a 3sc; miscella nsor. see
Gepts' s cases returned. 2sla @ 34ta G.; miscelIs.
dlrtEs. 2iV26c; checks, l5Q22c; extrssne,
grocers nllers. 37c: cartons, 3sc, "'as 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
LOCAL MINING STOCKS
rnN0nArT crNCyyo
More Gold for Japan and Spain

NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-There was with
drawn today $4,000 In gold coin from the
Subtreasury for shipment to Spain. TeIe-
graphic transfer of $595,000 was made from
the Subtreasury to San Francisco. repre.
sentng an equal amount Of gold to be
shipped to Japan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK. Aug. ai.-The market for
conse futures opened unchanged to o de-
cline Of points today. Trading on IN.
$3.50 bags. VI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

Total sales, s594 shares, compared with S SsIs
shares yesterday thus far this week. ls'oT
shares; same period last week. b36S snnfes'
BONDS Net
High Low. Close. chse'
$4,000 Amer Gas &
El IS o04 9Oh o01s
1000 City As l9471OOh 1O0s 1OOh + n
5000 do 3las "a o2h 92h 92h 3
5000 Elec & Peep
Tr As -. 75h 75h 75h
15245O Lib Bonds
|. 90 76-10O 90 50-1O0 90 50-1OO
5000 Leh Val cons
AIS 2003 83N 83M 0SA
5000 Leh Val Coal
5s ......1os% 1osss 1oS% :.
1000 Penna Co
temp ctfs
AIS ... s2N oess egY - u
5000 Peoples Pass
&c Is -. 81 81 81 ,
$500 Phila Elec
LIST S.. .1o1A IoOA 1OoA - u
1000 Stand Gas &
IS .... eoh esh ssh E.
Total sales. s1sO.450, compared with $4,000
thus far this week. S2O9. .S50i same
period last week. S32 900,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
Granulated Sugar Reduced

NEW YORK. Aug. 21--Arbucile Broth
ers have reduced their prices for hard
sugars ID points to &c basis hns granuls tea
Other rennsrs' quotations are unchanr nrsd
as follows: American sugar Refining Com
pany, SOC; B. H. Howell, Son = Co.. S.Soc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
NEW YORK BUTTER AND Eccs

- NEW YORK, Aug. observation-disclosures
frsts. 80 ale; seconds, 90 q SSc. '~~f'c'
y, EGGsM,oBecepts. 20,847 cases. Market firm
tions unchanged. e' auota-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
INACTIVE PHILA. STOCKS

Following are quotations for inactive
stocks listed on the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
change and In which there were no trans
actions today. The price given is the last
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
BEARS FORCE DECLINES IN STOCKS;
NEW HAVEN SELLS AT NEW LOW MARK
Losses of One to More Than Five PontsVery Little
preston Made on United States
Steel Common
High Points in Today's Financial NelUs

Bears Forced Val Holders apane
Cro uneasy Grain
snver Foreign erchange Money
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21
Bar Silver Continues to Advance

Bar silver continues its advance and to-
4ay reached new high ground for the last
thirty years. both In New York and Lon
4Du- The price In New York was ssk
oonts, . gain Of v cent. while In London
a. upturn OF Y pence was recorded carry
~ the quotation there to l4k pence.
comparlaons follow:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

g: ,i::;Isti IS 81: s..s s; ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

'Ex diyidend-Standard Milling , mar o.,,,
do pref. IN : Kress s. H.. .. ''' 'e"''
Total sales. 620, 700 shares, comparsa ,,..
274,3OO shares yesterdayj thus Tar III" un ~En
s9l 900 sharesi same period last week. ssi 'afS1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

tQuotatfon given is yesterdays close,
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
ON GUARD

The spectacle of America fighting
a war for liberty with free speech re-
pressed by the gags of an intolerable
censorship has been barely averted.
In spite of the fact that reputable
papers all over the country fought
the censorship clause of the EspiOn-
age Bill, just one vote saved the day
for freedom.
An optimist would point to the ia
vorable result and question whether
it is worth while to lament the Op-
position of a strong minority. But
there is just cause for alarm. Other
measures scarcely less undemocratic
than censorship may be rushed
through. The public should be on
the watch to fight any such encroach-
ments on freedom.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
Student Organizes Cole County.

Organization of the farmers OF
Cole County into a farm bureau was
perfected last Saturday at Jefferson
City by j. A. Mcintosh, a graduate
student in the College of Agriculture.
Mr.. Mcintosh is one of the students
sent out to assist in the work of or
ganizing the farmers of the state for
the studying and solving of rural
problems. The Cole County Farm
Bureau, as the organization is official
ly known, represents the central
body of a series of seven clubs or
ganized last week by Mr.. Mcintosh.
1t is expected the organization will
have more than 1000 members before
the summer is over.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
KNOCKING
Germans.

All knockers, as Caesars philosO-
pher might have said, are divided into
two classes-those who knock just to
be knocking and those who knock for
a definite purpose. Another step in
the analysis shows that the second
class is divided into those who knock
for unjust and selfish reasons and
those who knock for a good purpose.
Only one division of knocking
should have a place in the world life,
and that is the good purpose knock
ing. 1t is needed. The world has so
many chronic knockers that it has
come to view with disgust many who
speak conscientiously against the es-
tablished order. But it is mainly
these knockers who have made the
world what it is today. Washington
and the Revolutionary patriots were
knockers for good purpose; Lin
coin knocked slavery; the Reforma-
tion came through this kind of knock
ing; the Russian revolution came only
after years of sometimes violent
knocking against the government,
and in the moral world there is that
remarkable knocker, Billy Sunday.
The easiest thing to do is to let
things take their course and never
raise voice of protest against injus-
tices and evil. Standing up for the
right, often against the majority, is
the duty of every citizen, and that is
just what knocking for a good pur-
pose is. 1t is the only way a real
man should knock.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
gold into the United States. They

gold into the United States. They
have been buying freely of us. How.
ever, since our entrance into the con.
flict, a great deal of our former ex.
ports will be needed for national de.
fense. This will reduce the flow OF
gold into the United States.
Certain influences may, on the 9TH
er hand, raise the general price level
The increased number of men re-
quired to make munitions, coupled
with the men taken from the regular
labor supply, may have a tendency
to decrease the food production. We
must admit the probability that some
persons will hoard food supplies for
speculative purposes. True, Govern
ment and private officials are urging
increased production, but increased
production is dependent on good
weather as we'll as on increased acre
age. To predict that prices will rise
further is not mere guess work.
Every war lasting for any considera-
BILE period in modern times has been
accompanied by high prices in the
countries participating.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
WANTS PICTURES OF M. Q. HORSES
Kentucky Farm Paper inquiries About
Ruth Macdonald and FOals.

The Saddle and Horse Show enron
icle, of Lexington, KY ieadlns
horse show paper, has requested the
use of the pictures of Ruth MacDon-
aid and her three foals, University Oh
Missouri horses. Ruth Macdonald Is
the daughter of the famous Rex mac
Donald. She is on pasture at the Uni
versity farm now with young colt.
Her 2-year-old colt has been soid'
but her 1914 and 1916 colts are still
owned by the University.
The 1-year-old stallion, probably
her finest colt, according to Prof E.
A. Trowbridge, is for sale. The COL
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
WAR AND PRICES

Our entrance into the war will ef-
feet the business, industrial and eco
nomic life of the nation. Just how
it is impossible to answer with any
degree of assurance or confidence.
Unknown factors are in operation,
the outcome of which it is impossible
to foresee. Our whole scheme of busi-
ness has been changed. This is true
both of governmental and private
business. System, a magazine, how
ever, ventures a few opinions, using
an elementary principle of finance
as basis.
"Other things being equal, the
greater the amount of money in cir
culation, the higher will be the gen.
eral scale of prices. The shipment
Of gold to the United States, while it
may continue, will probably be les
sened." If the inflow should be less,
says System, then the further ad-
vancement of prices would be i'm
peded.
The Allies until few months ago
had been sending large shipments Of
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
Graduate Tells Of His Church Work

Rowland Hill, ABB. IL, has writ
ten to H. H. Kinyon, secretary of the
Missouri Union, telling of the prog
ress of the Stewart Methodist Episco-
pal Church of Kansas City, of which
he is pastor. The church was named
for the Rev. o. NJ. Stewart, who en-
dowed it. Reverend Mr.. Stewart is
the father of Prof. o. NJ. Stewart of
the University. Mr.. Hill will be
graduated from the Drew Theological
Seminary at Madison, n. j., in June.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
MEXICO MEN WOULD JOIN co. F
Captain E. Z. Major Will Go There to
Enlist Them Sunday.

Captain Earl E. Major of Company
F, Fourth Missouri Infantry, has re-
ceived letter from a member of the
company in Mexico. Mo-. reporting that
five men in that city wish to enlist
Captain Major will go to Mexico Sum
day to enlist them.
Lieutenant Asbury Roberts has re-
turned from Jefferson City, where he
took his examinations for a commits
sion as second lieutenant.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Not my country right or wrong
but if right, to keep it right; if
wrong, to set it right" as Oswald
Garrison Willard said in his Journal
ism Week address. That is true
Americanism, real patriotism and un-
selfish service. 1t is every citizens
duty.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Dairy Agent Is Here for Conference
E. J. Troster. recently appointed
dairy demonstration agent for North
east Missouri with headquarters at
Hannibal, is in Columbia cooperating
with the extension service of the Col
lege Of Agriculture in outlining plans
for his work.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
Postoffice Gets Recruiting Blanks.

The United States Government has
filed with Postmaster ]. H. Guitar
civil service blanks for examinations
in the Navy, Army, Naval Academy or
Coast Guard Service and for work in
mechanics. Applicants for any of
these positions may obtain the
blanks from the postoffice.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Dying for the country" is a fine
sounding phrase, but most of the new
soldiers want to spin yarns for their
grandchildren of how they fought the
Germans.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Speaking of Joan of Arc Day in
France, it might be said truly that
more than one French woman is play
ing big part in Frances fight.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
ATHENAEANS TO GIVE BANQUET
Harry Poindexter of Kansas City and
Other Former Members will Sneak.

Other Former Members will Speak.
The annual banquet of the Athen-
aean Debating Society will be held
Saturday night, May 19, at the Vir-
ginia Grill. The program will con-
sist of talks by former and present
members of the society. Harry Poin-
dexter of Kansas City and local busi-
ness men who have been members are
included in the list of speakers.
This is the last meeting of the So
ciety for this year. Officers will be
elected for next fall.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

The kaiser's American dentist must
be of German extraction.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

R. E. Hodges tells vividly what ar
influence his wife has been in his life
Listen: when I heard that 1 was to
speak at this meeting here I was
minded to forego the pleasure of at
tending, but the better half of my
mind (you married men know what ]
mean) said that 1 must come" Ex-
cuses for this man proved in vain
When he said that he could not speak
she gave him instruction; when he
said that he had no speech, she wrote
one for him.
Henry Schott, one of the visiting ad-
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

A swell time is seldom described
as having the mumps, and yet it is.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Well, anyway, there is no scarcity
in food for thought these days.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Nothing trains a man so well to
understand human nature as does the
work of the reporter, according to
Henry Schott, one of the visiting adve--
tising men. The reporter meets all
kinds of persons every day whose
minds must be read, and he soon
learns to know instinctively when a
men is telling the truth and when
not, says Mr.. Schott. This training,
he says. generally assures the sue
cess of trained newspaper men when
thew enter some other line of business.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Miss Katherine Richardson, a re-
porter on the st. Louis Star, learned
to write for a newspaper by writing
in news letter form to girl friend
and then transposing the matter into
newspaper style.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

world today is discriminating IN IA
vor of college-trained men. The col
lege man, he holds. is more thorough
and comprehending; he is trained in
broad ways of thinking. When large
concerns employ a man for a respon-
sible position, they are coming more
and more to consider the fact OF col
lege training, he says.
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Louis Dodge says he likes uni
versity men since his visit here for
Journalism Week. Il had expected
to see crowd of 'rah rah' boys at
Missouri" remarked the novelist yes
terday, but 1 have never been more
impressed with the air of seriousness
that l have seen in fraternity houses
and on the campus"
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17

Henry Schott, one of the visiting ad-
vertising men, says that the business
The daily Missourian., 1917-05-17
Journalism Week Notes

Col. ]. West Goodwin of Sedalia
arrived yesterday with his distinctive
beaver hat, which he always wears
during Journalism Week. Colonel
Goodwin has taken a great inter-
est in the School of Journalism.
1t was through the efforts of
Colonel Goodwin that the Eu-
gene Field Scholarship was found
ed. He is the founder of the Sedalia
Bazoo. which he revived as a monthly
booklet last year to give his views on
past and present events.
When Fatty Lewis" was asked by
Dean Williams Tuesday morning to
fill in crevice in the program, his
first words were to beg his hearers
to take his talk seriously. Even
Charlie Chaplin" he said, would like
to don a dress suit occasionally in
order to initiate Francis X. Bush
man."
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-10-15

and file are being kept in ignorance
of the actual events. and progress Of
the war. German prisoners taken by
the allies had been told by their Of
ficers that the German fleet had de-
stroyed the allied warships and COM
manded all commerce on the high.
seas. Similar false reports had been
circulated among them regarding the
operations on both the eastern and
western fronts, and II was with in
credulity that they received a true
account of affairs However, they
were not at all displeased at finding
themselves prisoners and out Of the
carnage and, Judging from the man
ner in which they devoursed the food
given them at the army kitchen, they
had not enjoyed a square meal for
some time before being captured
"The treatment accorded the allied
soldiers Is all that could be expected.
They are furnished wholesome food
and plenty of it, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding. The sys-
TEN Of supplying food to the differ
ent lines of trenches is most sys-
tematic and methodical, but of
course there are occasions when the
regularity of the service is interrupt
ed temporarily through some un-
usual activity of the opposing
forces. The necessities are abund-
antly supplied, but the little COM
forts, such as tobacco, are often
wholly lacking"