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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17
She Gave Away s300. .O0O

A strange story of unselfishness and reversed fortunes is in the American
 Magazine, It has to do with Mrs. Marks Nathan.
 Tn Chicago the name of Marks Ma than is standardized as typfyng Jew sh charities. There are several Marks Nathan institutions, several Marks Na- than funds, a half dozen Marks Nathan scholarships.
 Mrs. Nathan and her tate husband gave fully s5O10eo to charities After her husbands death Mrs. Nathan gave away more until she had only Slo.091 left upon which to live. That was lost in q bank failure, and now she is pen niless and an inmate in a Home for Aged and Indisent Jews, of which she herself is director.
 for hats with her own hands, for in dividuals, and expanded to shop with several helpers for the limited market of those days. Then a great piece of fortune came ong-hoopskirts swept into fashion and she swept along to hadsome profit by turning her facili- ties to the manufacture of wire hoops
 With some of her earnings she bought a piece of land. The SS00o she invested became $i0.909 when she sold 1t as part of the site of Santa Ise terminal With *aooO0 of that she bought prairie land on what was ten the city limits. and a few years later sold it for s150.0e0 as the spot for the Illinois Central depot Thereafter she made several other keen buys and was rated 30 years ago. as one of the wealthy women of the re- gionn
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the belt. the price of cotton did better today in the face of small trading and rather general disposition to liquidate long contracts at the advance. But for the feeling of conservatism which has grown up and the feeling that caution is necessary at these price levels, there would probably have been a sensational rise. as this belated cold snap puts the finishing touches to the poorest crop start on record.
 The Giles bureau was out today with figures showing an improvement of but nlne-tenths of a pon. in the condition since the end of May.
 According to weather bureau reports, record low temperatures were reached in the eastern belt where at one point the minimum was only A degrees. Abilene, Tex reported a minimum of 52, while temperatures in Oklahoma on the map ra nged from 4s to 50.
 It goes without saying that this was not cotton weather, yet some people dug into the records and paraded the fact that in June. 1913, there were five days of cold weather when the average min mum temperatures for the entire belt at it's lowest was only 5l degrees.
 They forget to state that in that sea son the growth of cotton was only 1S,- 9S3, coo bales on a planting of 37,45S, 900 acres.
 At it's highest the market was 34 to 42 points up, closing at net gain of 29 to S9 points.
 Liverpool Monday is due 26 to 30 points
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SHARP RECOVERY l OF COTTON PRICES
BuIlish Crop Advices and Good Trade Reports Re
 spOnsible for Recovery

New York June 16.-Bullish crop ad- vices and reports of continued strength in the goods market seemed responsible for sharp recovery in the cotton mar
 ket this morning Offerings were smaller after the heavy realizing of the last two days, and October contracts sold up to A .69c, making an advance of 5l points over last night s close and of r points from yesterdays low level. That deliv- cry closed at 24. 67c with the general list closing very steady at net advance
 of 46 to 51 points.
 The market opened steady at an ad- vance of to 20 points and sold 8 to II
 points net higher shortly after the cal. A private crop report placing the mid
 June condition at 1.S per cent, compared
 suggested an improvement of less than l per cent in the outlook since the gov ernment's recent condition figures were compiled. There were also scattering re- ports complaining particularly of dry hot weather in the southern part of the belt which served to stimulate buying. Around
 A. 53c for October there was considerable realizing and reactions of 15 to IS points ocurred during the middle of the morn ing, but selling was by no means aggres- sive and the market soon firmed up again
 on covering or a renewal of bull sup
 port.
 The advance carried July up to 24 97c and December A Sic during the late trad
 ing. with the general list selling 40 to 51
 points net higher. and with March con
 tracts again reaching the 25c level. Clos
 ing prices were wtnin , or , polnts of
 the best on most positions. Fall River sales of print cloths for the week amount ed to 230.000 pieces, compared with 70,000
 for the same week last year. and it was
 reported that production was pretty close
 ly sold for the next three or four months
 with the market almost cleared out of
 spot supplies. The forecasts were for gen erally clear weather in the south with rising temperatures. Some early reports
 from eastern belt sections complained of cool weather in North Carolina.
 Exports today were 4525; for the season. ,C3S 159. Stock 793,S75
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, June 16-An estimate from Miss Giles that the improvement in the crop to June 10 has been less than l point brought new outside buying today, and an advance of some 50 points from the close of yesterday on the improve ment the buyers of yesterday were the principal sellers.
 No new feature appeared. The weather in the south is favorable to the growth of the plant over a very wide area. The statistical position shows a large amount of cotton will be carried over in the south, as the movement into sight is not likely to equal the combined ginning and inter crop. The sentiment is bullish on the large consumption in this country (which will, however, not equal the earlier estimates), the difficulties with labor and the fact that mills have been at full capacity for more than a year preventing any excessive increaese. The outside traders are very confident as to the course of prices upward and only sellers and profit takers either in spots or contracts.
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TRADING INACTIVE .ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Industrials Irregular and Steel and Related Issues
 Show Pressure

New York, June 16-Business during todays brief session was perfunctory and insignificant on the whole. special ties and low-price rails comprising an unusually large percentage of the rela- lively small turnover. Investment shares and leading industrials were ir- regular on heavy steels, and related issues showing more or less pressure.
 Savage Arms was the chief feature in point of actual strength scoring net gain of S1a points at 104% EX- treme gains of ? to 1 points were made by Industrial Alcohol, Virginia Iron Wilson company, Brunswick company and several of the more obscure specu- lative issues, but most of these ad- Yances were forfeited in part.
 Of the seasoned or representative stocks shippings were most in favor. marine preferred rising 21a points and Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies slight 1y more than a. point. Coalers added moderately to recent advances, but yielded on profit taking.
 United States Steel reacted more than a point and made almost full re- covery, but lost ground again in the final operations. MOpOrS ana OllS met with reversals of 1 to points, Ameri can Sugar declined almost points and coppers were lethargic. Cuban-Ameri- can sugar and Union Bag and Paper were weakest of the specialties, losing points at their worst. Partial rallies marked the irregular close. Total sales amounted to 280,000 shares.
 There was some misgiving regarding the money situation and this feeling was accentuated after the publication of the bank statement which disclosed a further actual decrease of almost $15,000,000 in reserves. This leaves ex- cess reserves at about $54,000,000, the lowest level of the year, but consid- erably above the minimum reported ill the early part of last December. Actual loans increased by less than $25,000.- GOO and combined demand and time de- posits contracted by slightly more than s29,000,0o0.
 Bond dealings were exceedingly re- stricted with an irregular tone Total sales, par value, aggregated $75O,oOO.
 Liberty bonds were moderately ac- tive, the price ranging from par to 100 5-50.
 United States regular issues de- clined h @1 per cent on call during the week.
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Energy Expended in Coughing

From the Popular Sclence MonthIy.
 If you caugh once every fifteen min utes for ten hours. you eXpend energy equivalent to two hundred and fifty un- it's of heat, which is equivalent to the nourishment contained in three eggs or two glasses of milk. So states a Ger man who has specialized on the waste of energy in coughing.
 At a normal rate we expel air from the chest at the rate of four feet per second. but in violent coughing we expel it at the rate of three hundred feet a second. Thus a persistnent cough not only weakens the constitution but it is di- rect cause of cancellation according to the same authority.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, June 16.-The cotton seed oil market was unsettled early with liquidation of the old crop months, bat gained strength on weekend covering and buying by trade interests and final prices were 3 to 16 points net higher. September sold from 16.22@16.32c and closed at 16.31s. Sales, 19-200 barrels. Prime crude, 14.53c, nominal. Spot and June, 16.35c bid; July, 16.45 @16.57c; An- gust, 1630@16.32c; September, 16.31 @ 16.32c; October, 16.24@16.26c Novem- Der, 16.06@16.08c; December, 15.96 0 15.9Sc; January, 15.95@
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BIRMINGHAM LIVE STOCK
CUnion Stock Yards. ,

ACHlOH Stock 1aIus-)
 Fed Steers-Good to choice SI5d9lzc; medium to good. 7l9as1zc; common to medium. 6lzuI1zc.
 Grass Cattle According to Weight, Quality and Flesh-Steers, Glkds1zc; fat cows 712GS1zc; medium cows, 7a71kc: cut ters, 61a47c; canners, 5lzn6Izc heavy bulls, 7l2QS12c; light bulls, e1aq7Ikc; oxen. 5@7I2c; fat Syearlngs, 7Qsc; medium yearlings 6d7e, vealers. sg1Oc.
 Hogs-Choice corn fed hogs, 165 and up. 14Q15c; choice corn fed hogs, I35 to 165. 13d14c; choice corn fed hogs, 90 to 1855 12Q13c; light pigs, 90 pounds. 10a11c; best heavy rough hogs, 12dl3c; half fat rouGk hogs, 11a12c
 Soft and oily hogs from 1c to Pc per pound less than above prices.
 All grades cattle and hogs are in good demand.
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New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middllng, 24.19c; receipts 1851; exports, 4525, sales, 4o3; stock, 196, 5O7 Galveston; Middling 24.50c; receipts S466 sales, 711 stock, 1S4,514
 Mobile: Middling, 24c; receipts, 150; stock, 6S76.
 Savannah: Middling, 24.75c; receipts, lS91 sales, 1901; stock 9o279.
 Charleston: Middling 2414c; stock, 1727o Wilmington; Receipts, 4; stock, 51,167. Texas City: Stock. 19,S4S.
 Norfolk: ATiddling, 24. 4.J0c; sales, 13S; stock 9i,602
 Baltimore: Stock. 30110.
 Philadelphia: Middling, 25.55c; receipts, 50 stock, 5S40.
 New York: Middling, 25 BOG; sales, 100; stock, S7,119,
 Minor ports: Stock, 19S2o.
 Total today: Receipts, S245; exports 4525; stock, S13,453. Total for week; Receipts. S245. Total for season: Exports. 5073, 266.
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FLOUR AND FEEDsTUFF

Michigan patent flour, s144O; Idaho patent, flour, S13.90; Tennessee patent flour, $13.40; high-grade self-rislng
 S13.40; medium grade self-rising, SIS 20; hard winter wheat flour, $1S. 4U; cornmeal
 $3.S5 per 96-pound sack; hen feed $3.50 per 100- pound sack; mixed horse and mule feed, $43Q53; 71a per cent c. s. meal s41 ; Cremo feed meal, s31; prime c. &. hull slS; lintless hulls, s15; gray shorts, $50; wheat bran, $4S; corn, $1.9s; corn chops, s3.6O; No. white oats per bushel, S5c; wheat per 100-pound sack. s. S.50; choice pea green alfalfa, per ton, s32; choice timothy hay, per ton, s2S No. timothy hay, per ton. $27; No. 1 Johnson grass, per ton, S2l.
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C,nffee Market

New York, June 16.-The market for coffee futures was quiet again today but prices were firmer on buying, which seemed to come largely from houses with cotton trade connections. Prices opened unchanged to 1 point higher, and closed at a net advance of to 9 points. December selling up from SC S.06c and March from S.15@S.23e. Sales, I12,000. June, 7.S6c; July, 7.90c August, 7.94c; September, 7.9Sc; october. sole; November, S.04c: December, S06c; Jan uary, S.16c; March, S.22c; April, S.27c; May, sage.
 Spot quiet; Rio 7's, 1oc; Santos 4's, 10Ac
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Interior Movement

Houston Middling. 24.70c: receipts, 1541; shipments, 2365; sales, 1923; stock, 64.544.
 Memphis: Middling, 24c; receipts. 1475; shipments. S5s4; sales, 800; stock, 247.364.
 Augusta Middling, 24.6sc; receipts. S9S; shipments. 1412; sales S4; stock, 52.167.
 St. Louis; Middling. 24c; receipts, 315; shipments. 365; stock. 17,5S0
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 61; shipments, 522: stock. 14,842.
 Little Rock: Middling. 24c: receipts, SS; shipments, 1176; sales, 1176; stock, 17,S71.
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SPOT COTTON
PIG IRON
Some t. n Are Lucky

From the Boston Transcript.
 Wife Cat breakfast)-Oh, John, I'll bet I know who you gave your seat to coming home in the car last night.
 Hub (who had been out having | quiet little game)-Nonsense my dearl How could you ever guess? How do you know l gave up my seat to anyone?
 Wife-Yes, you did. You dear, kind old boy; you let poor old Irishman have it, for I distinctly heard you say in your sleep, "Oh, that's all right, I'll stand pat"
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MORRIS AVENUE

Tomatoes took a decided drop yester- day, owing to the appearance of local stuff. Cabbage also tumbled $ per crate.
 Business was brisk in all commodities on the avenue. Receipts were normal in most lines. Fish was scarce. Cotton holds firm. but went through yesterday without price changes. Quotations were as follows:
 POULTRY AND EGGS Hens-i9c.
 Hens-Dressed, 19c. Fryers-9 90Gi35c. Guineas-35d40c. Roosters-l1c. Extra Graded Eggs-34c Fresh Country Eggs-36c. Turkeys-LiVe. 22Q2Sc Geese-1Sc.
 Ducks-14915c
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HIDES AND TALON

Green Salt Hides-1SQ1sc. Half Cured-1741Sc. Green Hides-15Q16c Dry Flint Hides-3763sc Dry Salt Hides-34d35c. Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheep Skins-50c0$1.5 50. Horse Hides-HG6. Angora Goats-50G75c. Ginseng-Wild, $566. Colt Skins-45@60c. Sherlings Goat Skins-40175c. Hogskins-10915c. Tallow-1O612c. Beeswax-30935c
 Washed Wool-60d65c. Clear Unwashed Wool-50955c. Bury Wood-30G40c.
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Future quotations were as follows.
Produce Market

New York, June l6,-Butter, firm; re- ceipts. 12Sl9, Creamery higher than eX- tras, 3S@$9%c; creamery extras, 92-score, S715@31$c; firsts, 361a@37Ac. Eggs, steady receipts 32c; fresh gathered extras, 3214@ 34c; fresh gathered storage packed firsts, Sl03.e fresh gathered frsts 29izM301ac. Cheese. steady; receipts, 3239; state, fresh specials, 2sc.
 Chicago, June 16--Butter higher; creamery 321a@S61sc. Eggs, receipts, "A 435 cases; market unchanged Potatoes, un- changed: receipts new, 90 cars; old, two cars. Poultry, alive lower; fowls, 201sc
 St. Louis June 16.-Poutry, unchanged. Butter. unchanged. Eggs, 2S1ac.
 Kansas City, June 16.-Butter, eggs and poultry, unchanged.
 Elgin, H., June 16-Butter, 8 tubs at 26lhc
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FRUITS AND PRODUCE

Bdfld1ldS-xI. IoIIz. Oranges-Florida, S3Q3.50. Oranges-California. S3. 2503.75. Lemons-$5.50 crate.
 Bell Peppers-s2.50 Grapefruit-Florida, Si. Old' Potatoes-Irish, bu., 1925. $ New Irish potatoes-s3GG3.2 Potatoes-Sweet, bu., s22O. Onions-New Texas. s2.75. Cabbage-Florida, crate, s6. Turnips-Pound. 31ac. Navy Beans-16c lb.
 Beans-String, s1 crate. Lima Beans-16c lb.
 Squash-Hamper, Sl.
 Limes-Imported, $125.
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Ayery's Letter

The cotton market was influenced mod erately upward today by the unseason- ably cold weather east and need of rain in the west. At least this was given as the excuse. The truth is sellers have been run in so often they are like the bulls were not long since. gun shy, and do not care to go over Sunday short. The bull crowd took advantage of these bulges to reduce their lines. Dun and Bradstreet's have different views as to state of trade in textiles and more two-sde opinion will find it's expression soon in the raw material market. American spinners have about finished protecting themselves on July commit ments and undoing of their hedges may be expected from now as they make their purchases of cotton.
 Regard sales on the bulges as offering the safest chance for profits at present.
 c. F. AVERY.
 Shepard & Gluck's Letter
 Recelved over w. E. Campbell's private
 wire.)
 New Orleans, June 16.--(Special )-As a result of abnormally cold weather over
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Mercantile PaDer

New York, June 16.-Mereantile paper, per cent; sterling 60-day bills, 4.72; commercial 6O-day bills, on banks, 4.7l$t; commercial 60-day bills, 411a; demand, 475as; cables, 4.76 7-16; francs, demand, 5.75A; cables. 5.744 guilders, demand, AIS cables, 4114; fires, demand Ill; cables, 7,10; rubles, demand, 29; cables, 2314; bar silver, TIC; Mexican dollars, 597sc; government, bonds steady; rail- road bonds. irregular.
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Cucumbers-Hamper S2. English Peas-Hamper. sl.50 Tomatoes-Fancy, $2.50; choice, S2o0. Apples-Box, s275. Lettuce-75c dozen.
 Watermelons-25a2s Corn-Crate, S2.50 Pine Apples-s3.25 crate. Cantaloupes- s3.25 crate Cabbage-S4 crate. Peaches-2 5o13 crate. Egg Plants-A crate
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Metal Market

New York June l6-No material change has been reported in the copper market during the past week. The scarcity of of ferings for delivery this side of August has become more marked but demand has been comparatively quiet, Todav's quota- tions for spot and nearby electrolyt C were nominal at $33@34. while prices rang ing from about S32 down to sa9 50 were named for third quarter and later deliv- cries. Iron was strong with prices un- changed.
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The United States has acquired the fol- lowing territory: In 1903, the Louisiana purchase, S90,921 square miles; ip 1919, Florida, 5s,6S0; in 1s45, Texas, 3S0,616; in 1S46 Oregon territory. 285123; in 1S4S, Mex ican cession, 526, ,444; in 1853, Gadsden slice of Mexico 31 ,017: in 1S67 purchase of Alas ka, 590 1884; in 1898. by annexation. Hawaii, 6449; 1899, from Spain, Guam, 201; Philip pine Islands, 1852, and Porto Rico, 3435, Samoa S1.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago, June 16.-Wheat, No. and 3 red and No. and No. 3 hard, nominal. Corn No. yellow. sl.721a@1.7224; No. 3 yellow, $.72A@1.721a No. yellow nomi- nal. Oats, No. white, 70d71c; standard, 7G01Ae Rye, No. 2, S2.45; barley, nom- nal Timothy, s5.500S; clover. s12617. Pork, sSs.4o; lard, s21.55@t2165; ribs. $2O.SO.
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SUGAR MD CEREALS

Granulated Sugar-ss50 cwt.. f. O. b. Birmingham.
 Rice-Fancy Blue Rose, S cwt. Fancy Rice-S7 per cwt. Grits-Cartons. s1 dog. Grits-Sack, s3s5
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Naval Stores

ssc; sales. 2s5; receipts 3s8; shipments, is: stock 177O6. Resin firm; sales, none; re- ceipts. 99S; shipments, 13O; stock, 62.o7o Quote: A. B, $5.4o; c, D, s5.eo; E, $5.7oa 5.75; F, G. H, $5.S0@5S5; I, $5S0a5.9o; K s6@610; M, $6.1O@6.20; N, s6.40d650; VIC, $6. .556I6. 70; wv, $6S0
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Hubbard Bros. & Ca.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square. N. Y. Members New York Cotton Ex- change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange new York Produce. Exchange. Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Association Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignments of spot cotton for delivery. Correspond- ence invited.
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New Orleans Future,
New Orleans Spots

1 New Orleans, June 16.-Spot cotton
 l quiet and unchanged; sales on the spot, 373: to arrive. %. Good ordinary, 22S1c; l strict good ordinary, g Sic; low mddling. ] 9 Sic; strict low middling, 24c; mddling, 24 19c; strict middling, .3Sc; good mid- | ding, q .56c; strict good mddling, 24.74c.
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Dry Goods Market

New York. June 16.--The dry good market remained strong and quiet to- |day. Tentative prices on woolens and worsteds for spring, 1918, were above |anything yet seen. Burlaps held firm.
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tn the interior of an old maple tree
 ut down in South Newfane. Vt, on Frank C. Keisey's land were found pieces of the ends of an old board fence with nails which fastened it to the tree when it was much smaller. The tree had grown outside the nails and ends of board six inches or more
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w. E. CAMPBELL
COTTON

Member New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Correspondent of shepard & Chuck. New Orleans, E. w. WaEnOncr sG Co.,, Chicago and New York
 COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN
 Continuous Quotations
 Direct Wires
 5O7-S Woodward BldR.
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MEATS

Extra Ribs-231sc. Rib Bellies-z5ssc. Clear Bellies-24s4c. Smoked Bellies-26c. Breakfast Bacon-391ac. Pork Loins-25c. Pork Shoulders-lSc. Pork I1ams-l9c.
 Skinned Hams-29c. Hams--Regular, y9c. Pork Trimmings-lSc. Pure Lard-22ssc. Open Kettle-23c. Compound-1S5sc.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, June 16-Wheat, No ? red, 1 $2sS; No. hard nominal; September, $19s; July. POI. Corn, No. ?, s1.71@l 72; i July, $l.6o; No. ? white. s1.7od1.7l12: Sep l tember, $l.4S Oats, No. ?, 70c; July 53c | No. ? white nominal September, 531Ic.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, June 16.-Cash wheat No ? hard, $2.S902s7; No. ? red, $2.Sid2. 90, Corn, No. ? mixed, $1.G9; No. white, sl.69q1 .e912; No ? yellow sl69ia Oats No. ? white, 701sc No. mixed, 661ac,
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FISH
Perch-9c.

Refcn-5c, Salt Water Trout-121zc. Red Snapper-14c. Gray Snapper-10c. Mullet-7c. Spanish Mackerel-13c. Shrimp-121zc. Sheepshead-S1zc. Virginia Croaker-7c.
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Rice Market

New Orleans, June 16.-Rough and clean rice continued strong today with quota tions unchanged Receipts; Rough, 236 sacks; clean, 1900 pockets. Sales: Clean Honduras, 200 pockets.
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CREAMERY PRODUCTS

Butter-Creamery. 4Sc; process butter. 4O1zc; oleomargarine, 27c.
 Full Cream Cheese-27c.
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Bonds

New York Clearing House
 New York. June 16--The actual con- dftion of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $54,050,750 reserve in